It’s inspiring to work with a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they’re doing! When you become part of the Chapters Health Team, you’ll realize it’s more than a job. It’s a mission. We’re committed to providing outstanding patient care and a high level of customer service in our communities every day. Our employees make all the difference in our success! The Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides quality patient care in variety of settings in collaboration with and under the direction of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Physician. Follows established nursing and organizational standards, procedures, and practice. Gives specific patient care directions to nursing and other staff. Provides education and support for patients, families and staff members. Quality Provision of Services: Provides direct patient care to patients with a progressive or terminal illness, evaluates outcomes, consults with the Physician, nursing staff and other members of the Interdisciplinary team as indicated to ensure optimal patient care in an effective and efficient manner. Performs examinations, procedures, and other processes related to direct patient care. Performs initial history and physical, assesses patient’s condition, initiates and individualizes standing orders and writes additional orders as necessary and in collaborating with nursing staff, develops individual plan of care. Makes daily rounds on patients, assesses patients’ conditions and writes routine orders with consultation and countersignature of the Physician. Writes and/or dictates appropriate notes in the medical record to be reviewed and countersigned by the Physician, or on many occasions, independently. Performs advanced assessments of end-of-life issues including pain; SO; N/V; constipation; wounds; anorexia; weakness; psycho-social; emotional/spiritual issues, etc. In collaboration with the nursing, develops individualized education plans for patient/family education, based on patient/family identified needs. Provides patient and family education as needed to maintain quality care, to decrease patient and family anxiety, to facilitate the patient living until death and to assure both the patient and the family have the skills to care for the patient. Participates in discharge planning including follow-up care decisions, writing prescriptions, writing discharge orders and instructions, etc. People/Communications: Participates as a member of the interdisciplinary team to develop and implement a patient directed individualized plan of care and to assure the availability of information to team members. Provides leadership and coordination for the interdisciplinary team in the absence of the Clinical Supervisor. Provides teaching to staff on an as needed basis to enhance care of the patient/family. Functions as a role model in providing exceptional customer service to patients and families by effective and timely communication. Organizational/Regulatory Compliance: Documents in appropriate chart and forms in an accurate and timely manner to provide a written record of assessments, plan of care and to assure the availability of information to team members. Maintains established departmental policies and procedures; objectives; quality improvement program; safety; environmental and infection control standards. Keeps knowledge base and skill levels current to assure quality patient care and professional growth. Financial Stewardship: Achieves expected productivity standard (based on patient visits and caseload) as defined by the organization and in alignment with best practices. The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job-related tasks other than those stated in this description. Supervisory Responsibilities: N/A Experience Requirements The NP must have at least 5 years of recent clinical experience to include sufficient experience in hospice, palliative care, and/or acute inpatient care. Education Requirements: The NP must have a Masters degree from an accredited program for Nurse Practitioners. Required Certificates and/or Licenses: The NP must have medical practice licensure from the governing body for medical practice for the District of Columbia, State of Maryland, and/or the Commonwealth of Virginia. A related Nurse Practitioner certification is preferred. Overall Skills: The ability to demonstrate superlative oral and written communication skills as well as ability to organize and manage projects within defined timeframe and budget; work both independently and as part of a team; demonstrate excellent interpersonal and collaborative; demonstrate organizational skills with ability to delegate and follow up; manage multiple tasks and stressful situations with a positive attitude; demonstrate a strong work ethic and attention to detail. Physical/Mental/Emotional Skills: The ability to possess exceptional skills, including a faculty for conceptual thinking, peer motivation, problem solving, and who can demonstrate initiative, follow-up and follow-through; work in a fast paced environment utilizing tact, patience, and diplomacy; work independently; resolve conflict and be comfortable with conflict resolution and management; facilitate the development of trusting relationships and partnerships with physicians, payers, patients and co-workers; maintain a positive public image for Capital Caring Health by dealing with patients and employees; communicate respectfully, openly, honestly and directly; display comfortably with possible blood, bodily fluid, communicable diseases, and etc. exposure; push and pull heavy objects; display a full range of body motion including handling and lifting patients; serve as coach, mentor and a positive role model; drive long distances, on a tight schedule, sometimes in heavy traffic; provide physical care to patients Technological Skills: The ability to input and manage data in patient health information systems and demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Office and internet browsers. Reasoning Ability: The ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; taste or smell and push, pull, lift/carry 35 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. Must be able to drive distances including freeways and mountains when necessary. Work Environment: The work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee would normally encounter while performing the essential functions of this job in an office. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Works in business office with computers, printers, copy/fax machines and telephones. The noise level in the work environment is usually light to moderate. The environmental conditions are that of what is to be expected in a temperature-controlled building. Occasionally required to drive to alternate work locations. 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. Choices. Education. Guidance. As a progressive leader and premier health organization, Chapters Health System is dedicated to delivering innovative care throughout chronic illness progression and beyond. Since 1983 as a community-based, not-for-profit organization, Chapters Health has provided choices, education and guidance through its managed affiliates: Capital Caring Health, Chapters Health Foundation, Chapters Health Hospice, Chapters Health Pharmacy, Chapters Health Staffing, Cornerstone Hospice & Palliative Care, Good Shepherd Hospice, Hope Healthcare, Hospice of Okeechobee, HPH Hospice and LifePath Hospice. Chapters Health offers services throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the country to improve the patient/family experience well in advance of end-of-life needs. Chapters Health and its affiliates are licensed in Alachua, Arlington, Bradford, Charlotte, Cherokee, Citrus, Cobb, Collier, Columbia, District of Columbia (all eight wards), Dixie, Fairfax, Fauquier, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gilchrist, Glades, Gwinnett, Hall, Hamilton, Hardee, Hendry, Hernando, Highlands, Hillsborough, Howard, Lafayette, Lake, Lee, Levy, Loudoun, Marion, Martin, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Montgomery, Okeechobee, Orange, Osceola, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Prince George’s, Prince William, Putnam, St. Lucie, Sumter, Suwannee and Union counties. Click here to view the video!