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Role :
The Nurse Practitioner (APRN) provides high quality, comprehensive and efficient direct primary or consultative patient care under protocol with hospice physician staff.
Qualifications :
- Master’s degree in nursing
- APRN certification recognized by CMS for Medicare billing
- Licensure by state of Florida to work as APRN
- Current DEA license
- Current Medicare and Medicaid Numbers
- Active BLS for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association or Red Cross. Employees hired prior to 12 / 31 / 2022 must obtain certificate prior to 10 / 1 / 2023
- Knowledge and experience in medical practice and symptom management
- Advanced clinical skills which allow thorough patient assessments and management for any patient with advanced chronic disease as well as for those near the end of life
- Ability to work under protocol with multiple physicians in multiple settings
- Basic computer skills including use of email and word processing (Microsoft Outlook and Word or equivalent programs)
- Strong interpersonal skills, communication, collaboration, and conflict resolution
- Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and effectively handle the emotional stress of the workload
- Ability to work independently exercising discretion and independent judgment
- Ability to work in collaboration with other disciplines within the Organization
- Certified by appropriate hospice nursing organization within two years of hire date
- Ability to travel to off-site locations
- Mobile Driver - Valid driver's license and automobile insurance per Company policy
- Reliable transportation to meet visit schedule
- Must be able to physically access any home in any area of Company service area (i.e., navigate stairs and narrow spaces, tolerate heat and lack of air conditioning)
Competencies :
Satisfactorily complete competency requirements for this position
Responsibilities of all employees :
- Represent the Company professionally at all times through care delivered and / or services provided to all clients
- Comply with all State, federal and local government regulations, maintaining a strong position against fraud and abuse
- Comply with Company policies, procedures and standard practices
- Observe the Company's health, safety and security practices
- Maintain the confidentiality of patients, families, colleagues and other sensitive situations within the Company
- Use resources in a fiscally responsible manner
- Promote the company through participation in community and professional organizations
- Participate proactively in improving performance at the organizational, departmental and individual levels
- Improve own professional knowledge and skill level
- Advance electronic media skills
- Support the Company’s research and educational activities
- Share expertise with co-workers both formally and informally
- Participate in Quality Assessment Performance Improvement activities as appropriate for the position
Job Responsibilities :
- Provides high quality direct primary or consultative patient care visits in accordance with productivity standards in all clinical settings as designated by the Medical Director.
- Works directly under protocol with Physicians from the Company’s medical staff and reports clinical care provided to the Physician.
- Provides clinical expertise and participates in interdisciplinary team (IDG) decisions regarding diagnosis and medical management of patient / family needs, ensuring that the highest quality of medical care is provided and that continuity and comprehensiveness of care is maintained in a cost-effective manner.
- Consults to patients’ primary and attending Physicians regarding integration of patients’ hospice care and primary or other care.
- Works cooperatively with the Patient Access Department and other staff to facilitate timely evaluation of eligibility for hospice services and provision of services to potential Company patients.
- Participates in after-hour and weekend hospice house rounding and face-to-face coverage for hospice patients.
- Reports all administrative activities and completes thorough, accurate and timely medical documentation to support proper CPT and ICD-10 coding on all patients seen at the time of service.
- Attends the Company’s Medical Staff meetings regularly (a minimum of 50% of all scheduled monthly staff meetings) and reviews minutes of meetings not attended within 5 days of their being made available.
- Prescribes controlled and non-controlled medications, as indicated, to relieve pain and non-pain symptoms associated with the terminal illness.
- Provides leadership in the development, implementation, and evaluation of standards of practice within the hospice specialty.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Physical Demands for Post Offer / Pre-Placement (The demands described below are representative of those that must be met by an individual to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.) :
While performing the duties of this job, the following abilities are required : see; hear; talk; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel.
Frequently required to : stand; sit; reach with hands / arms; lift; bend; balance.
Occasionally required to : pull; push; stoop / crouch; kneel; climb stairs.
This position requires consent to drug and / or alcohol testing after a conditional offer of employment is made, as well as on-going compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy.