Hospice El Paso Hiring for Nurse Practitioner – Palliative Care Job at El Paso, TX Full Time

Hospice El Paso is the only non-profit hospice organization in the city. We are the oldest (40+ years) and largest hospice in the community. We were founded by El Pasoans for the sole purpose of providing specialized care, comfort, and support to persons with a terminal illness, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our main focus is maximizing the remaining quality of life for the dying, while also providing support for their caregivers and loved ones. Specialized teams provide compassionate comfort and care and are comprised of physicians, registered nurses (RNs), certified nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, plus admissions counselors and support staff.

The majority of these services are provided at home. Hospice care can also be provided in nursing, foster, and assisted living homes; along with rehabilitation centers and skilled nursing facilities.

The “Center for Compassionate Care” is the city’s first stand-alone “hospice in-patient facility.” We provide acute hospice care in a quiet and comfortable setting. In this home-like setting, patients receive 24-hours of specialized skilled care when pain and symptoms cannot be managed in a home environment.

Become a part of our team – we are passion-driven and caring professionals, committed to excellence. We are Hospice of El Paso!

The Advance Practice Nurse (APN) serves as a professional and qualified provider with the responsibility to practice his/her profession commensurate with his/her licensure, training and experience in accordance with the laws and regulations governing the practice of the APN of the state in which services are performed, and all guidelines of applicable professional and accreditation agencies. The APN is responsible to work in collaboration with patients, their families and other caregivers, the patient’s primary care physician, and other specialists as appropriate, in an active practice to deliver palliative care services for patients with progressive illnesses. The APN performs medical services in collaboration with a physician to diagnose and manage health care problems. The APN also serves as a healthcare resource, interdisciplinary consultant, and patient advocate.

Excellent Benefits Package:

• Competitive Salary
• Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits Available
• Company paid life insurance with additional voluntary life insurance option
• Employer Match 403(b)
• Paid Holidays
• Generous Vacation and Sick Leave

Minimum Requirements:

• Graduate of an accredited Geriatric, Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner Master’s program.
• Board Certified APN (as a Geriatric, Adult or Family Nurse Practitioner preferred).
• Three years of experience as a nurse practitioner in clinical nursing care of geriatrics, adult/family practice, or oncology preferred.
• Advance certification in hospice and palliative nursing care (ACHPN) preferred; required within 18 months of hire.
• Experience with home health, hospice and palliative care strongly preferred.
• Computer proficiency including the ability to utilize software programs used by the organization.
• Must be able to read, write and speak the English language. Bilingual English Spanish desirable.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. APN Practice Guidelines

• Upon hire, annually, and as needed for revisions at times other than the annual review; signs, dates and complies with the protocols that describe prescribing privileges, treatments, tests and procedures that define the scope of APN practice.
• Uses the nursing process as the framework for managing patient care.
• Obtains Medicare and Medicaid provider statutes with the respective state carriers.
• Meets with collaborating physician in accordance with applicable state and federal law.

2. Physical Assessment and Treatment

• Provides and documents medically necessary services in accordance with mutually acceptable physician/APN protocols for palliative care.
• Develops the appropriate treatment plan that maximizes the health potential of the patient including but not limited to: pain and symptom management, medical goals of care, medication management, and setting management.
• Performs patient visits at the patient’s location to assist in the determination of palliative care eligibility for recertification.
• Documents findings of the assessment performed during the visit and reports these findings to the Medical Director.
• Consults with collaborative physician, consulting practitioner(s), primary care physician and other specialist physicians as appropriate.
• Assists in all facets of care coordination for referrals.
• Provides disease management instruction and education to patients and their families.
• Provides clinical guidance to facility staff relative to patient care issues, assessments and interventions.
• Performs reasonable on-call services as applicable.
• Reviews the quality of pain and symptom management.

3. Administrative

• Participates with the interdisciplinary team as appropriate.
• Prepares and maintains accurate patient records, charts, and documents to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided, and support of appropriate medication uses.
• Acts as clinical resource to coordinate complex cases for safe and appropriate transitions to other care settings.
• Attends required office meetings to enhance team communication, coordination of services and quality of care.
• Provides training and continuing education for staff.
• Assists in development of clinical practice guidelines/standards in support of quality care.

4. Compassion

• Promotes an environment of integrity and teamwork.
• Works collaboratively with patients and their family caregivers, physicians, supervisors, and other staff to facilitate effective transitions from one care setting to another.

5. Customer Focus

• Takes appropriate and timely measures to meet the needs of the patient, their family and care setting staff.
• Maintains mature problem-solving approach under stressful circumstances.

6. Financial Responsibility

• Works collaboratively with Intake Department in verification of coverage or payment.
• Maintains productivity for the palliative care program.
• When visiting patients for face-to-face encounter pre-admission status, the Medical Director will be contacted to report findings and receive approval for admitting the patient.
• On visits for the face-to-face encounter due to recertification, the Medical Director will receive a copy of the findings along with any notes taken during the assessment.

Apply Today!

Please only apply if you meet minimum qualifications.

We are hiring for this position immediately.

Hospice El Paso provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, M/F/D/V; and is committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Master’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• Nurse Practitioner: 3 years (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Certified Nurse Practitioner (Preferred)
• ACHPN (Preferred)

Work Location:

• On the road

Work Remotely:

• No