What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner | Symbii Home Health and Hospice | Pocatello, ID position at Symbii Home Health and Hospice?
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities
Patient Care
Patient Care
- Provides medical care, palliates and manages terminal illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act under the supervision of a collaborating physician.
- Completes history and physical examinations, by evaluating the patient's medical condition and health history, ordering and interpreting results from laboratory and diagnostic tests or procedures, diagnosing health conditions and documents the findings in the patient's medical record.
- Manages health conditions and terminal illnesses by developing an individualized plan of care, prescribing medications and / or treatments, obtaining consultations or making referrals and coordinating hospice care services.
- Completes the hospice face to face visit requirements prior to the third and subsequent hospice benefit periods to assess hospice eligibility based on the hospice conditions of participation and the local coverage determinations.
- Provides clinical information to the hospice medical director for interpretation for eligibility for hospice recertification.
- Makes recommendations to the hospice medical director regarding patient eligibility for certification and recertification for hospice care.
- Reviews clinical information, coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
- Assures that patient receives appropriate measures to control symptoms through collaboration with interdisciplinary team members.
- Reviews and develops protocols for treatment and proposes options for interventions based on the literature in collaboration with the collaborating physician.
- Consults the collaborating physician when the patient's plan of care is outside standardized practice and protocols.
Requirements
- Masters degree from an accredited nursing program
- Must have appropriate licensure in the state where employed
- Must have prescriptive authorization
- APN authorization in the state where employed by the Board of Nurse Examiners
- Ability to learn and use computer-based data management programs and information systems, as well as medical records and point-of-interview technology
- Ability to communicate effectively, in verbal and written form, with retail and medical partners at various levels, patients, family members, physicians and representatives of the community
- Sound understanding of all federal and state regulations including HIPAA and OSHA
- Experience providing primary care as a family nurse practitioner
- Knowledge of disease prevention
Symbii Home Health and Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.
