Affinity Health Management
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Affinity Health Management, Sarasota, Florida, United States, 34243
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
Join to apply for the
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
role at
Affinity Health Management
Job Title : Nurse Practitioner Reports To : Clinical Director
Job Summary The Nurse Practitioner is a registered professional nurse with advanced graduate education and clinical training who provides comprehensive hospice services in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act and under the supervision of a collaborating physician. The nurse practitioner evaluates health history, promotes health, diagnoses medical conditions, and manages health problems by developing the plan of care, prescribing medications or treatments, coordinating and collaborating with patients, families, and other healthcare practitioners.
Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities
Provides medical care, palliates and manages terminal illness in compliance with the State Nursing Care Act under the supervision of a collaborating physician.
Completes history and physical examinations by evaluating the patient’s medical condition, ordering and interpreting results from laboratory and diagnostic tests, diagnosing health conditions, and documenting 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 hospice face‑to‑face visit requirements prior to the third and subsequent hospice benefit periods based on the hospice eligibility criteria.
Provides clinical information to the hospice medical director for eligibility and recertification decisions.
Makes recommendations to the hospice medical director regarding patient eligibility for certification and recertification.
Reviews clinical information, coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
Assures that the 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 protocols.
Communicates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary group to create, review, and revise the patient’s plan of care.
Consults with the patient’s attending physician hospice medical director, and other healthcare practitioners the patient’s eligibility for hospice care, ongoing care needs, and medical management related to the patient’s terminal condition.
Communicates with other community health practitioners to coordinate the plan of care.
Attends and participates in hospice interdisciplinary group meetings.
Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes, physical examination notes, assessment visit notes, medical orders, collaboration notes, and other documentation in the medical record.
Educates and counsels patients, families, and/or caregivers on preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and spiritual problems in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team.
Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient.
Assists the patient and family or caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
Works in cooperation with the family or caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to identify the goals of care and meet the care needs of the patient and family or caregiver.
Serves as a nursing resource for consultation and education to members of the interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners in the community.
Establishes, builds and nurtures relationships with staff and community referral sources to facilitate program growth.
Maintains knowledge of and compliance with current Medicare/Medicaid, state/federal rules and regulations for hospice services.
Complies with all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements in accordance with federal, state and organizational policies.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)
role at
Affinity Health Management
Job Title : Nurse Practitioner Reports To : Clinical Director
Job Summary The Nurse Practitioner is a registered professional nurse with advanced graduate education and clinical training who provides comprehensive hospice services in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act and under the supervision of a collaborating physician. The nurse practitioner evaluates health history, promotes health, diagnoses medical conditions, and manages health problems by developing the plan of care, prescribing medications or treatments, coordinating and collaborating with patients, families, and other healthcare practitioners.
Essential Job Functions / Responsibilities
Provides medical care, palliates and manages terminal illness in compliance with the State Nursing Care Act under the supervision of a collaborating physician.
Completes history and physical examinations by evaluating the patient’s medical condition, ordering and interpreting results from laboratory and diagnostic tests, diagnosing health conditions, and documenting 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 hospice face‑to‑face visit requirements prior to the third and subsequent hospice benefit periods based on the hospice eligibility criteria.
Provides clinical information to the hospice medical director for eligibility and recertification decisions.
Makes recommendations to the hospice medical director regarding patient eligibility for certification and recertification.
Reviews clinical information, coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
Assures that the 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 protocols.
Communicates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary group to create, review, and revise the patient’s plan of care.
Consults with the patient’s attending physician hospice medical director, and other healthcare practitioners the patient’s eligibility for hospice care, ongoing care needs, and medical management related to the patient’s terminal condition.
Communicates with other community health practitioners to coordinate the plan of care.
Attends and participates in hospice interdisciplinary group meetings.
Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes, physical examination notes, assessment visit notes, medical orders, collaboration notes, and other documentation in the medical record.
Educates and counsels patients, families, and/or caregivers on preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and spiritual problems in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team.
Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient.
Assists the patient and family or caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
Works in cooperation with the family or caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to identify the goals of care and meet the care needs of the patient and family or caregiver.
Serves as a nursing resource for consultation and education to members of the interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners in the community.
Establishes, builds and nurtures relationships with staff and community referral sources to facilitate program growth.
Maintains knowledge of and compliance with current Medicare/Medicaid, state/federal rules and regulations for hospice services.
Complies with all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requirements in accordance with federal, state and organizational policies.
#J-18808-Ljbffr