Elevance Health
Field Advance Practice Palliative Care Provider (NP or PA)
Location: Winston‑Salem, NC and surrounding areas.
This field‑based role enables associates to provide palliative care in patients' homes, traveling to homes, board and care facilities, and assistive and independent living facilities, with occasional office attendance for meetings or training. This approach ensures flexibility, responsiveness to client needs, and direct, hands‑on engagement. Providers will also provide virtual care to support patients remotely with their palliative care needs.
Note: Candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
Responsibilities Provide palliative care services in home settings to patients.
Develop and implement clinical plans of care for adult patients facing chronic and complex conditions (e.g., comorbid medical and mental health diagnoses, limited personal resources, chronic medical conditions, and other serious illnesses).
Gather history and physical exam and diagnostics as needed, and then develop and implement treatment plans given the patient's goals of care and current conditions.
Meet the patient's and family's physical and psychosocial needs with support and input from the company's interdisciplinary team.
Educate patients and families about medication usage, side effects, illness progression, diet and nutrition, medical adherence and crisis anticipation and prevention.
Maintain contact with other clinical team members, patients' other physicians and patients' other medical providers to coordinate optimal care and resources for the patient and his or her family in a timely basis and consistent with state regulations and company health standards and policy.
Maintain patient medical records and medical documentation consistent with state regulations and company standards and policy using Epic EMR.
Participate in continuing education as required by state.
Prescribe medication as permitted by state prescribing authority.
Qualifications Requires an MS in Nursing or MPAS or MSPAS.
Requires current unrestricted Nurse Practitioner (NP) license or Physician Assistant (PA) license in applicable state: NC.
Possession of DEA registration or eligibility required.
CPR certification required.
For Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position.
Travel may be required.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences MPAS or MSPAS highly preferred if a PA.
2 years of experience in home‑based services, complex care cases, and hospice and/or palliative care preferred.
Bedside hospital, oncology, emergency room (ER) or intensive care unit (ICU) experience highly preferred.
Experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR‑ Epic) preferred.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Other Mental Health Care
Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact
elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com
for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
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This field‑based role enables associates to provide palliative care in patients' homes, traveling to homes, board and care facilities, and assistive and independent living facilities, with occasional office attendance for meetings or training. This approach ensures flexibility, responsiveness to client needs, and direct, hands‑on engagement. Providers will also provide virtual care to support patients remotely with their palliative care needs.
Note: Candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless an accommodation is granted as required by law.
Responsibilities Provide palliative care services in home settings to patients.
Develop and implement clinical plans of care for adult patients facing chronic and complex conditions (e.g., comorbid medical and mental health diagnoses, limited personal resources, chronic medical conditions, and other serious illnesses).
Gather history and physical exam and diagnostics as needed, and then develop and implement treatment plans given the patient's goals of care and current conditions.
Meet the patient's and family's physical and psychosocial needs with support and input from the company's interdisciplinary team.
Educate patients and families about medication usage, side effects, illness progression, diet and nutrition, medical adherence and crisis anticipation and prevention.
Maintain contact with other clinical team members, patients' other physicians and patients' other medical providers to coordinate optimal care and resources for the patient and his or her family in a timely basis and consistent with state regulations and company health standards and policy.
Maintain patient medical records and medical documentation consistent with state regulations and company standards and policy using Epic EMR.
Participate in continuing education as required by state.
Prescribe medication as permitted by state prescribing authority.
Qualifications Requires an MS in Nursing or MPAS or MSPAS.
Requires current unrestricted Nurse Practitioner (NP) license or Physician Assistant (PA) license in applicable state: NC.
Possession of DEA registration or eligibility required.
CPR certification required.
For Carelon Health business unit, satisfactory completion of a Tuberculosis test is a requirement for this position.
Travel may be required.
Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experiences MPAS or MSPAS highly preferred if a PA.
2 years of experience in home‑based services, complex care cases, and hospice and/or palliative care preferred.
Bedside hospital, oncology, emergency room (ER) or intensive care unit (ICU) experience highly preferred.
Experience working with Electronic Medical Records (EMR‑ Epic) preferred.
Seniority level Entry level
Employment type Full‑time
Job function Other Mental Health Care
Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process may contact
elevancehealthjobssupport@elevancehealth.com
for assistance. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.
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