NP - Palliative Care

Company: Casa de la Luz Palliative Care
Location: Tucson
Posted on: November 18, 2024

Job Description:

We are hiring for a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner. -Full Time.


At Casa de la Luz Palliative Care in Tucson, AZ,---a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the---meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families,---each other, and the communities we serve-it truly is all about helping people.--- -


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      • company-wide support & resources to---help you achieve your goals.--- -
        
        
        
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        The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner/APRN provides direct patient and family care through palliative care consultation to ensure specialty services to patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care. -
        • Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient -care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients served. -
          • Demonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of care. -
            • Gathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessment. -
              • Completes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responses. -
                Experience Requirements
                • Minimum of five years nursing experience; clinical nursing care in oncology, hospice, geriatrics, intensive care preferred. -License Requirements
                  • Current certification as a clinical Nurse Specialist or Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice.
                  • Current certification by a national body such as ANCC, NBCHPN, or AANP.
                  • Current driver's license and vehicle insurance, access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation. -
                  • Current CPR certification required. -Additional State Specific Requirements
                    • No additional state specific requirements.License Desired
                      • Palliative Care ARNP preferred. -Skill Requirements
                        • Knowledgeable regarding the interdisciplinary team concept.

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