We are hiring for a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

At Palliative Care at Heart, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve--it truly is all about helping people.

We strive to offer benefits that reward the whole you!

• employee wellness programs

• flexibility for true work-life balance

• holidays paid time off

• continuing education career growth opportunities

• company-wide support resources to help you achieve your goals.

Take your career to a new level of caring. Apply today!

The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner/APRN provides direct patient and family care through palliative care consultation to ensure specialty services to patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care.

• Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient
  care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served.

• Demonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of care.

• Gathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessment.

• Completes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responses.

Experience Requirements

• Minimum of five years nursing experience; clinical nursing care in oncology, hospice, geriatrics, intensive care preferred.

License Requirements

• Current certification as a clinical Nurse Specialist or Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice.
• Current certification by a national body such as ANCC, NBCHPN, or AANP.
• Current driver's license and vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.
• Current CPR certification required.

License Desired

• Palliative Care ARNP preferred.

Skill Requirements

• Knowledgeable regarding the interdisciplinary team concept.

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