Advanced Practice Registered Nurse

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)

Pratt, KS

Interim Healthcare is looking for a Part-time APRN to join our Hospice Team.  This role will have flexible hours and helps patients access Hospice Services.  If you have been looking for a part-time assignment where you can truly make a difference in the lives of others, come join our amazing team!

General Purpose:

To supplement hospice physician/Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Practitioner services and/or in the absence of the Hospice Medical Director, may act as the physician/Nurse Practitioner representative of the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG), providing medical direction, including the care provided in the home, general inpatient care, emergency services and respite care related to the terminal condition.  May be responsible for the hospice patient’s medical care and act as the primary medical resource to the IDG, providing medical coverage and support during and after normal business hours, as well as making visits to patients for medical assessment and intervention whether in a facility or the home and completing required Face-to-Face visits.

Essential Functions:

• Provides oversight of physician/Nurse Practitioner/Nurse Practitioner services to hospice patients by complementing attending physician/Nurse Practitioner care and ensuring continuity of hospice medical services including appropriate management of patient pain and symptoms related to the terminal condition.
• Documents an individual patient’s progression in end-stage disease in the patient/family record as appropriate.
• Ensures qualified physician/Nurse Practitioner participation in the initial development and ongoing review of the IDG Plan of care, and that the plan of care is developed prior to the delivery of hospice services.
• Actively participates in IDG meetings, including the update of each patient’s comprehensive assessment and plan of care as often as a patient’s condition requires and in accordance with applicable law and regulation.

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements:

• An advanced degree in nursing– either an MSN (Master of Science in Nursing) or DNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice).
• Current license in good standing in the state(s) in which the hospice provides care.
• Hospice/palliative experience, preferred.