Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care

Job Description

Job Description

Needed Experience for Consideration

RN / APRN licensure in state of Arkansas. Prescriptive authority and Compact licensure preferred. Must have at least 5 years of clinical nursing experience. At least 1 year as APRN with Hospice, Palliative Care, Internal Medicine, or Oncology preferred Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN) is preferred. Certification in an appropriate advanced practice area will be considered. BCLS Licensure requirement. ACHPN Certification is encouraged following 2 years of employment or sooner when requirements for experience met.

Summary of Responsibilities

• 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 / or a terminal prognosis. This role will demonstrate 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.
• May perform other cross functional duties withing scope of practice as neeeded.