PRN Hospice Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Serving Charleston, Berkeley, and Dorchester counties

Are you a compassionate, skilled Nurse Practitioner looking to make a meaningful impact at one of life's most important moments? Join our dedicated hospice team and bring comfort, dignity, and peace to patients and families during their end-of-life journey.

As a Hospice Nurse Practitioner, you'll provide expert symptom management, emotional support, and holistic care--right where patients feel most at home. You'll work closely with an interdisciplinary team that values empathy, collaboration, and respect for every individual's unique path.

Interim HealthCare(r) is the nation's first home care company and an employer of choice to medical professionals across the US If you have a compassionate heart and a desire to make a career out of caring for others, you are made for this!

Our Hospice NPs enjoy some excellent benefits:

• $65.00 an hour
• Flexible scheduling: 7 am - 7 pm PRN availability as needed with weekend and on-call PRN expectations
• Mileage
• Weekly Pay
• 1:1 clinician-to-client ratios
• Insperity Perks: Earned Wage Access, Banking and Card Member Discounts, Cashback, and More

As a Hospice NP, here's a big-picture view of what you'll do:

• Provides oversight of physician/Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Practitioner services to hospice patients by complementing attending physician/Nurse Practitioner care and ensuring continuity of hospice medical services including appropriate management of patient pain and symptoms related to the terminal condition.
• Documents an individual patient's progression in end-stage disease in the patient/family record as appropriate.
• Ensures qualified physician/Nurse Practitioner participation in the initial development and ongoing review of the IDG Plan of care, and that the plan of care is developed prior to the delivery of hospice services.
• Actively participates in IDG meetings, including the update of each patient's comprehensive assessment and plan of care as often as a patient's condition requires and in accordance with applicable law and regulation.
• When needed, participates in:
  • The implementation and review of clinical protocols;
  • Patient continuing care decisions;
  • The oversight of the provision, adequacy, appropriateness and coordination of short term inpatient care, emergency services and respite care;
  • The quality assessment and performance improvement program (QAPI);
  • The resolution of patient/family or hospice program clinical and ethical disputes or concerns; and
  • The continuing education of the IDG, volunteers, and affiliated physician/Nurse Practitioners and employees of associated inpatient facilities.
• Acts as a patient's physician/Nurse Practitioner to meet general medical needs, including pain and/or symptom management or other medical intervention should a patient's attending physician/Nurse Practitioner not be available or chooses to relinquish responsibility for a patient's care.
• Acts as the liaison to community physician/Nurse Practitioners.
• Completes other assignments as requested and assigned.
• May have access to personal health information ("PHI") necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department.

A few must-haves for Hospice NP:

• An advanced degree in nursing- either an MSN (Master of Science in Nursing) or DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice).
• Current license in good standing.
• DEA License Required
• Hospice/palliative experience, preferred.
• CPR certification
• Valid driver's license, auto insurance and transportation
• Compassionate and helping nature, good communicator and ability to lift up to 50 lbs.
• Ability to work as a member of the Interdisciplinary Group.
• Knowledge of and commitment to hospice philosophy of care and palliative intervention.
• Ability to effectively communicate with clinical and non-clinical staff, patients and family/caregivers as well as the medical community.
• Meets applicable health requirements to provide patient care.
• Meets the requirements of applicable federal, state and organizational background checks.

Why Work for Interim HealthCare?

Founded in 1966, Interim HealthCare is the nation's first home care company and a leading employer of medical professionals. Operating through 300+ offices, our commitment to you is expressed through a family-oriented culture that values and appreciates medical professionals, and a passion to put patients first. Join a nationwide network of caregivers who are making a significant difference in the lives of others through the personalized, home-based care they provide.

Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.

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