Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care

Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care

JOB SUMMARY

The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner provides care for patients with life-limiting, progressive, and terminal illnesses, and their families with a focus on alleviating suffering and improving quality of life.

This will be provided through :

• Home based / community facility visits for consultative visits for pain and symptom management and counseling on goals of care and advanced care planning.
• Outpatient palliative consultations performed in the primary care clinic and outpatient oncology setting for pain and symptom management and counseling on goals of care and advanced care planning.
• Inpatient consultative services with focus transitions of care planning, counseling for goals of care and advanced care planning, and / or evaluating for hospice appropriateness.

PRINCIPLE FUNCTIONS includes the following, other duties may be assigned :

JOB KNOWLEDGE & QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Completion of accredited Master of Nursing or Doctorate of Nursing Program.

Training and Experience

Graduate training in Palliative Care or minimum of three years of professional experience in palliative or hospice care required.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Benefit Information and Wage Transparancy :

WhidbeyHealth Employees who work a 0.5 FTE or higher are categorized as, “benefit eligible”.

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Wage Range : $130,000 - $140,000 (Potential Sign-On Incentive and Call Compensation)

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