Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Palliative Medicine, Full-time, Days
Core
Provide comprehensive, compassionate palliative care to inpatient and ambulatory patients through diagnosis, care planning, and goals-of-care discussions within an interprofessional team.
Role type
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (Palliative Medicine)
Builds
Inpatient and ambulatory palliative care services for patients and families
Domain
Healthcare / Palliative Medicine
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Diagnosis and management of complex health problems, physical examinations, medication prescribing, care planning, patient and family education, quality improvement participation, research integration
Preferred skills
Palliative care experience, hospice experience, geriatric medicine experience, hospital medicine experience
Technologies
Electronic health records, laboratory test ordering, imaging interpretation
Responsibilities
Conduct comprehensive health appraisals and physical examinations, prescribe medications and order therapies/tests, evaluate patient needs for further care, provide teaching to patients and families, document care in medical records, refer to other disciplines, participate in quality improvement and research initiatives
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on clinical provider