VIA Health Partners
Palliative Nurse Practitioner
VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top‑10 nationally ranked provider of end‑of‑life care. We are a community‑based, not‑for‑profit hospice and palliative care provider with decades of experience serving all patients’ and families’ needs regardless of their ability to pay or medical complexity. We are a people‑first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.
Benefits
Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
28 days of Paid Time Off
Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
403b Retirement plan with matching
Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced
Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth
Essential Functions
Promote the highest quality of end‑of‑life care including hospice care and widespread use of advanced directives.
Prevent suffering and alleviate physical, spiritual, and psychological pain.
Diagnose, treat, and manage pain and other symptoms frequently experienced by patients at the end of life.
Guide and counsel patients and their families regarding disease progression, prognosis and the benefits/burdens of therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs.
Prescribe and/or recommend therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs (including narcotics) in accordance within the ethical principles of medicine.
Plan for situations beyond the nurse practitioner’s expertise and confer with the Medical Director or a Medical Services Physician as appropriate.
Serve as an end‑of‑life care education resource both within the organization and in the outside community.
Pursue actively and passionately educational opportunities that lead to improved outcomes.
Strategies and Clinical Duties
Evaluate patients by performing history and physical examinations.
Discuss patients with attending physicians, consultants, nursing staff, and other medical professionals.
Prescribe systemic and topical drug therapies including narcotics for the pain and other symptoms.
Conduct patient/family meetings to review medical issues and establish goals of care.
Provide general psychosocial support.
Refer for diet/exercise therapies.
Recommend other non‑pharmacological therapies such as massage therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and music therapy.
Recommend additional psychosocial counseling by mental health professionals.
Prescribe medical supplies and equipment.
Recommend appropriate diagnostic tests and studies.
Review and discuss advance care directives.
Recommend referral to hospice services.
Participate in team discussions regarding patient care to gain insight and suggestions.
Self‑direct learning to remain up‑to‑date on current trends in hospice and palliative medicine.
Basic Duties of a Nurse Practitioner
Provide comprehensive medical care to VIA patients.
Serve as a medical resource for VIA staff.
Assist in staff training.
Assist in education and training of healthcare professionals and public.
Optimize cost‑effective plan of care.
Assist in the development of policies.
Maximize clinical efficiency to ensure reimbursement is optimized.
Enhance palliative and hospice care by promoting increased and earlier referrals to palliative medicine and hospice.
Submit billing and documentation according to policy.
Additional Duties
Submit all billing and documentation according to established policy.
May perform other duties as required.
Qualifications Minimum 1 year related experience. Experience in direct care of patients with life‑limiting illnesses required. Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics; oncology; home health care; medical‑surgical.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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Benefits
Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
28 days of Paid Time Off
Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
403b Retirement plan with matching
Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced
Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth
Essential Functions
Promote the highest quality of end‑of‑life care including hospice care and widespread use of advanced directives.
Prevent suffering and alleviate physical, spiritual, and psychological pain.
Diagnose, treat, and manage pain and other symptoms frequently experienced by patients at the end of life.
Guide and counsel patients and their families regarding disease progression, prognosis and the benefits/burdens of therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs.
Prescribe and/or recommend therapeutic measures, tests, procedures, and drugs (including narcotics) in accordance within the ethical principles of medicine.
Plan for situations beyond the nurse practitioner’s expertise and confer with the Medical Director or a Medical Services Physician as appropriate.
Serve as an end‑of‑life care education resource both within the organization and in the outside community.
Pursue actively and passionately educational opportunities that lead to improved outcomes.
Strategies and Clinical Duties
Evaluate patients by performing history and physical examinations.
Discuss patients with attending physicians, consultants, nursing staff, and other medical professionals.
Prescribe systemic and topical drug therapies including narcotics for the pain and other symptoms.
Conduct patient/family meetings to review medical issues and establish goals of care.
Provide general psychosocial support.
Refer for diet/exercise therapies.
Recommend other non‑pharmacological therapies such as massage therapy, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and music therapy.
Recommend additional psychosocial counseling by mental health professionals.
Prescribe medical supplies and equipment.
Recommend appropriate diagnostic tests and studies.
Review and discuss advance care directives.
Recommend referral to hospice services.
Participate in team discussions regarding patient care to gain insight and suggestions.
Self‑direct learning to remain up‑to‑date on current trends in hospice and palliative medicine.
Basic Duties of a Nurse Practitioner
Provide comprehensive medical care to VIA patients.
Serve as a medical resource for VIA staff.
Assist in staff training.
Assist in education and training of healthcare professionals and public.
Optimize cost‑effective plan of care.
Assist in the development of policies.
Maximize clinical efficiency to ensure reimbursement is optimized.
Enhance palliative and hospice care by promoting increased and earlier referrals to palliative medicine and hospice.
Submit billing and documentation according to policy.
Additional Duties
Submit all billing and documentation according to established policy.
May perform other duties as required.
Qualifications Minimum 1 year related experience. Experience in direct care of patients with life‑limiting illnesses required. Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics; oncology; home health care; medical‑surgical.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Health Care Provider
Industries Hospitals and Health Care
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