[Hiring] Nurse Practitioner @Chapters Health System

Role Description

The Resource Nights & Weekend (ReNW) Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an active member of Chapters Health System’s Medical Staff and provides fully remote virtual serious illness care management to patients and families throughout our continuum of care. This continuum may include but is not limited to home-based, facility-based, and inpatient adult and pediatric hospice; palliative care; PACE, and additional service lines and programs offered or supported by Chapters Health System.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of recent clinical experience, including substantial experience in hospice, palliative care, and/or acute inpatient care.
• Masters or Doctor's degree in Nursing from an accredited Family or Adult Nurse Practitioner Program.
• National certification, licensure, and prescriptive authority from the appropriate governing body for advanced nursing practice in their home state and in additional state(s) where care is provided.
• Basic Life Support certificate from an approved organization.
• Compact RN license in their home state by date of hire.

Requirements

• Shifts may vary and can include nights, evenings, weekends, and/or holidays based on the needs of the business.
• Maintains current knowledge of the latest research and trends in Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
• Maintains continuing education as required for licensure and to ensure specialty level expertise in end-of-life care.
• Obtains & maintains hospital/facility credentialing as required.
• Participates in departmental and medical staff activities as requested.

Benefits

• Achieves expected productivity standards as defined by the organization and in alignment with best practices/the Chapters model.
• Implements time-based billing procedures using the electronic medical record system software and other appropriate methods to capture timely billing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides fully remote virtual serious illness care management to patients and families throughout our continuum of care.
• Consults with medical staff, and/or other members of the IDT as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Performs virtual assessment of patient/family/caregiver needs.
• Identifies, manages, orders, and prescribes medication and equipment as appropriate.
• Adjusts and supports the plan of care in accordance with Chapters policies and procedures.
• Assesses the caregiver’s ability to meet the patient’s immediate needs.
• Provides education to increase the caregiver’s confidence as necessary and appropriate.
• Supports staff by answering clinical questions, entering orders and prescriptions.
• Maintains access to all electronic medical records (EMR), electronic prescribing systems, and other required websites and applications.
• Documents all interactions as appropriate in the corresponding EMR in a timely manner.
• Communicates and collaborates with the primary team to ensure continuity of care.
• Supports with discharge planning including prescribing medications and entering discharge orders.
• Participates in Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) activities as needed.
• Keeps knowledge base and skill levels current to assure quality patient care and professional growth.

Overall Skills

• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Organizational skills with the ability to delegate and follow up.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and stressful situations with a positive attitude.
• Strong work ethic and attention to detail.

Physical/Mental/Emotional Skills

• Ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
• Mental and emotional ability to work with death/dying.
• Flexibility to work with individuals under stress.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced and quickly changing environment.
• Ability to develop coping mechanisms to care for terminally ill patients.

Technological Skills

• Ability to learn and efficiently use patient health information systems and software.
• Demonstrate technical competency in the use of computer telephony systems and applications.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, specifically Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written or oral form.
• Expert, advanced clinical judgment to problem solve.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to sit, speak, and hear.
• Required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Maintain a HIPAA compliant, temperature controlled, noise-free work environment.
• Maintain reliable HIPAA compliant high-speed internet with hardwired backup.
• Protect patient privacy at all times, including using headsets for verbal communication.

Compensation Pay Rate

$52.50