Nurse Practitioner AIM CPOM

As a Nurse Practitioner specializing in Advanced Illness Management (AIM), I provide comprehensive care for patients facing serious health challenges. My role includes diagnosing, prescribing treatment, and collaborating with healthcare teams to establish individualized care plans that prioritize patient dignity and comfort. With a focus on palliative care, I ensure seamless communication between patients, families, and medical professionals to enhance the quality of life during advanced illness.

Our company Empatia is a member of the Gentiva family - an industry leader in hospice, palliative, home health, and personal home care. Our place is by the side of those who need us, offering physical, spiritual and emotional support to patients and their families so they may make the most of every moment. We believe that better care for caregivers and clinicians means better care for everyone, so we offer ongoing professional training, lower nurse-to-patient ratios, and comprehensive benefits for eligible employees.

Overview

We believe every day is an opportunity to make care more personal and life more comfortable. That's why we offer personal care, palliative care and hospice to give people the care they need with dignity, grace, and love.

The Nurse Practitioner – Advanced Illness Management AIM) CPOM facilitates advanced illness management and palliative care for our patients, ensuring a comprehensive, individualized treatment plan, while demonstrating excellent clinical skills and ethical, relevant judgment. Provides diagnosis, treatment, consultation, and follow-up under the direction of the Professional Services Corporation Physician.

About the Role

• Work in collaboration with the Professional Services Corporation (PSC) Physician or supervising physician, Primary Care Physician, and other palliative team members to deliver advanced illness management and palliative care by providing diagnosis, treatment and follow-up for patients referred to us.
• Take responsibility for advanced illness management from the initial assessment through discharge. Assessment at a minimum should include: disease-specific changes, decline or change in function, nutrition and/or cognition, inadequately controlled pain or other distressing symptoms, falls, infections or similar events, the impact of the disease burden on the patient's condition, caregiver and/or family's quality of life.
• Establish the plan of care, individualized for each patient, in consultation with the patient, family and other members of the Advanced Illness team, to include the PCP.
• Facilitate obtaining care for patient when a need is identified in accordance with the Plan of Care.
• Participates in evening/weekend call as required, conducting on-call services in a clinically competent and responsive manner.
• Prescribe medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed, in accordance with state law. Order and interpret laboratory, imaging and other diagnostic tests within the scope of professional practice. Order treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated.
• Communicate clinical findings to the PSC Physician as needed, but no less than bi-weekly. Re-assess effectiveness of care plan on a regular basis and modify as needed.
• Maintain effective working relationships with supportive care team (e.g., Social Worker and RN Care Manager), as applicable, and involve team (internally and externally) when patient's care plan warrants team participation to achieve desired outcome.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
• Communicate and document clinical findings, treatment plan, and care provided in the patient's medical record in a manner consistent with acceptable standards in order to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided.
• Knowledgeable of Palliative Medicine Quality Measures collection, documentation and reporting.

About You

As a Nurse Practitioner, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality patient care and working collaboratively with our multidisciplinary team to develop and implement individualized care plans.

• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.
• Independent decision making and self-motivation.
• Working knowledge or understanding of: principles of Palliative Medicine, including when a patient may be appropriate for home health or hospice care; Medicare/Medicaid regulations; and interdisciplinary process; value based and/or accountable organization requirements.
• Meets mandatory continuing education requirements of Gentiva and licensing board.
• Must be able to work efficiently with electronic medical record software.

We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) matching, and paid time off. In addition, we provide opportunities for professional growth and development through our tuition reimbursement program and ongoing education resources.

If you are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and have a strong background in palliative medicine, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity to join our team.