What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse Practitioner Hospice PRN position at LHC Group?
Summary
A Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing an advanced level of nursing practice to patients and families and a clinical resource to staff and the interdisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
- Provides independent primary care, consultation, and advice to others as a highly specialized practitioner.
- Makes patient visits, assumes on-call duties, exercises prescriptive authority in collaboration with the supervising physician and directs interdisciplinary team meetings.
- Manages the coordination of care, including patient visits, of patients who have complicated diseases, as requested by the team.
- Performs comprehensive assessments for complicated patients and coordinates the plan of care.
- Performs the patient face-to-face encounter visits, when indicated, for physicians with a collaborative agreement.
- Documents and maintains appropriate records relating to all services rendered, using company defined processes|forms.
- Provides internal and external clinical education, as indicated.
- Attends and actively participates in team and staff meetings.
- Serves as a clinical resource to all staff members.
- Participates in requested quality and performance improvement activities.
- All other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience
License Requirements
- Current CPR certification required.
- Current certification as a clinical Nurse Specialist or Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice.
- Current certification by ANCC or AANP
- Current drivers license, vehicle insurance and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.
- NPI Number
- DEA with prescribing privileges
- PECOS enrollment Certification
- CAQH enrolled
- Medicare number
- Medicaid number (referable, not required)
- Greater than one year NP experience in chronic disease management, family or primary care.
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