Nurse Practitioner/PA Palliative Care (63969) New

“Sanitas is a global healthcare organization expanding across the United States. Our services include primary care, urgent care, nutrition, lab, diagnostic, health care education and resources for our patients. We strive to attract professionals who believe in our mission, vision and are dedicated to the service of our patients and their families creating a memorable experience through compassion, respect, and kindness.”

Job Summary

The Nurse Practitioner of Palliative Care will play a crucial role in providing comprehensive and specialized medical care of chronic patients. You will focus on preventing, diagnosing, treating, coordination of care, preventive care and health maintenance of their patients with a wide range of illnesses and chronic conditions. They must be cognizant of, and comply with, all company policies and procedures, as well as pertinent state and federal regulations. Provides quality, comprehensive Palliative health care services to the patients' homes.

Essential Job Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive palliative and advanced care services which fall under their field of training, in conjunction with the Palliative Care Medical Director. Carry out the assessment, management and monitoring of patients in the Palliative Care Program, providing care, education, training, and support, to alleviate suffering and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. 
• They must acknowledge and comply with the state Nurse Practice Act and all policies and procedures, as well as pertinent state and federal regulations. 

• Evaluates patients to verify eligibility for palliative care programs.
• Assesses and manages the most complex patients, as well as those in the end-of-life state, by performing a thorough clinical assessment and designing an individualized care plan.
• Take appropriate action to maintain a safe environment.  
• Check equipment and supplies prior to use for function, inspection and expiration date; reports malfunction of medical equipment and safety issues to supervisor.  
• Check medical records and follow up on missing results prior to the patient's appointment
• Educates and provides assistance to patient and caregiver(s) in understanding and completing advanced directives based on the patient’s goals and wishes. 
• Provides instructions and solves doubts and concerns to patient relatives/caregivers on managing symptoms and general care indications.
• Refers patients to in-House or external specialists/services when clinically indicated.
• Timely refers patients to hospice when required
• Participates in the care of ACP program members, through multidimensional evaluation and care plans that include patients and families counseling.
• Obtains health history and performs physical examinations to make correct diagnoses.
• Prescribes medications in accordance with state statutes and professional practice guidelines.
• Maintains complete and accurate health records for each patient in accordance with policies and procedures.
• Ensures continuity of care by providing comprehensive and integrated services in a timely manner through all settings of care.
• Provides instructions and solves concerns to patient relatives/caregivers on managing symptoms and general care indications. 
• Educates patients and caregivers on topics such as treatment, medications and side effects, illness progression, diet and nutrition, nursing care, medical adherence, and crisis anticipation and prevention.
• Implement interventions to manage patients with recurrent admissions. 
• Assess and monitor patients with poor symptom control to improve patient wellness and avoid unnecessary admissions
• Actively participates in meetings and committees preparing the pertinent information for the adequate development of these spaces and communicating challenges and improvement plans.
• Identify and report to leadership immediately any concerns or issues that places the team, patient, or caregiver at risk.
• Actively participates in the development of research activities and scientific events, seeks symposiums and congresses on palliative care which the staff can benefit from.
• Identifies and reports to leadership immediately any concerns or issues that places the team, patient or caregiver at risk.
• Perform duties autonomously by proper task scheduling to meet workload expectations.
• Fulfills with other assignments related to the role according to background and capabilities
• Assumes responsibility for personal growth. Develops, maintains, and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance at seminars, conferences and participation in continuing education.
• Maintain knowledge of and compliance with current state/federal rules and regulations for professional services.  
• Complies with all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements in accordance with federal, state, and organizational policies.

Qualifications

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Education

• Graduation from an accredited School of Nursing. Master's degree.

Required Experience

• Minimum of 1 year experience in Primary Care Setting.

Required Licenses and Certifications

• Valid State Nurse Practitioner License. 
• Current BLS or ACLS certification.
• Current State D.E.A. Certificate. 

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Any combination of education, training, and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties and responsibilities as described including related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certification by one of the Nurse Practitioner certifying bodies (ANCC or AANP) or Specialty certification in Palliative care such as CHPN/ACHPN a plus.
• Minimum 2 + years of experience as a Nurse Practitioner as well as working with a multicultural patient population delivering patient-centric programs that are high quality and cost effective.

Financial Responsibilities

This position currently has no financial responsibilities.

Budget Responsibilities

This position currently has no budget responsibilities.

Languages

• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish is required.

Travel

Remote - Travel to homes across regions requires seeing patients.  May see patients in the clinic infrequently due to our program or patient.
 

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions. The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Conditions

Inside: The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes. The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

Physical/Environmental Activities

• Must be able to travel to multiple locations for work (i.e. travel to attend meetings, events, conferences). Occasionally (1-33%)
• May be exposed to outdoor weather conditions of cold, heat, wet, and humidity. Occasionally (1-33%)
• May be exposed to outdoor or warehouse conditions of loud noises, vibration, fumes, dust, odors, and mists. Not Required
• Must be able to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, or other equipment. Not Required
• Subject to exposure to hazardous material. Not Required