SP - Nurse Practitioner

Job Detail

• Job Title:

  SP - Nurse Practitioner

• Department:

  80750-Palliative Care

• Location:

  Farmington

• FTE%:

  0.1

• Shift

• Search #:

  2025-359

• Closing Date:

• Recruiter:

  McNamara, Elizabeth

UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Palliative Care APRN with a passion for patient experience. This position is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical services. This position will work as a key member of the Palliative Medicine consultation service in the John Dempsey Hospital at UConn Health in Farmington, CT. The ideal candidate will be certified as an Advanced Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse. The candidate will work in collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary care team to deliver expert palliative care services to patients and their families living with chronic disease, serious illness or acute life-threatening illness.

SCHEDULE: This is a per diem, as needed position with no benefits

HOURLY RATE: $100.00

This crucial role is responsible for independently performing a full range of tasks in delivery of direct clinical care services involving medical therapeutics to seriously ill patients.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology

• Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states

• Knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions

• Physical assessment skills

• Counseling skills

• Considerable interpersonal skills

• Oral and written communication skills

• Skill in performing invasive procedures

• Ability to work independently

• Ability to work under pressure

• Ability to formulate plans of care

• Decision making ability

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

• Certification as an Advanced Practice Nurse from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program

• Incumbents in this class must possess a valid license to practice in the State of Connecticut

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

• ACHPN certification (APRN Palliative Care and Hospice Certification)

• Specialty palliative care experience in an inpatient hospital setting

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Assumes direct patient care responsibilities for a group of patients

• Performs a comprehensive palliative care patient assessment for the diagnosis, treatment, and management of acute or chronic serious illness

• Conducts a comprehensive assessment of the patient and family to promote informed decision making, goals of care and advanced care planning

• Utilizes expertise in pain and symptom management to improve quality of life and symptom burden

• Identifies and implements medical plan of care in collaboration with medical team

• Collaborates with members of the interdisciplinary health care team to coordinate plans of care unique to patient and family

• Utilize expert communications skills to lead goals of care conversations with patient/family, assist with healthcare decision making and conduct advanced care planning discussions

• Work directly with program leadership to ensure all palliative care standards are met

• Maintains accurate patient medical records

• Participate in the development and maintenance of clinical practice guidelines, policies & procedures

• May participate in palliative care clinical research

• Provides patient counseling and education

• Provides palliative care education and training to providers, staff and students

• Participates in palliative care quality improvement initiatives

• Contributes to the development and growth of palliative care services to align with organizational vision and mission

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and

SCHEDULE:

Salary : $100