Job Description

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. The Nurse Practitioner provides hospice care through the evaluation and assessment of the health history, health promotion, diagnosing medical conditions, management of health problems by directing and developing the plan of care, prescribing medications or treatments, coordinating and collaborating with patients, families and other healthcare practitioners. The Nurse Practitioner visits patients, completes physical assessments, performs face to face assessments and evaluates hospice eligibility as assigned in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team. The Nurse Practitioner builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the need of individuals and families within their homes and communities.

Position: Nurse Practitionerfor Hospice

Salary: $120,000 - $140,000 annually, depending on experience

Service Area: Twin Cities Metro area. Plus, mileage reimbursement of 72.5 cents per mile.

Schedule: Hybrid, 1.0 FTE. Full - Time / Monday – Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm (temporary weekend coverage with partner NP, rotating holiday and on-call rotation with partner NP)

Lifespark Benefits Include:

• Annual Reviews/Raises {Shift differentials if applicable}
• Paid Time Off – Vacation Time
• Mileage reimbursement
• Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires
• Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Life Insurances
• 401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees
• Referral bonuses
• Career path to other positions within our growing company!

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we’ve been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That’s where our people come in – from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Position Functions and Responsibilities

Patient Care

Provides medical care, palliates and manages terminal illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act under the supervision of a collaboration physician.

• Completes history and physical examination by evaluating the patient’s medical condition and health history, ordering and interpreting results from laboratory and diagnostic tests or procedures, diagnosing health conditions and documents the finding 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 the hospice face to face visit requirements prior to the third and subsequent hospice benefit periods, to assess hospice eligibility based on the hospice conditions of participation and the local coverage determinations. Provides clinical information to the hospice medical director for interpretation for eligibility for hospice recertification.
• Makes recommendations to the hospice medical director regarding patient eligibility for certification and recertification for hospice care.
• Reviews clinical information, coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the hospice interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners.
• Assures that 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 and protocols.
• Participate in After Hours On Call schedule as assigned.

Communication

• 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, the hospice medical director and other healthcare practitioners regarding 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 patients, families, and/or caregivers as to preventative care, medical, psychological and spiritual problems in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team to meet the total needs of patients.
• Provides and maintains a safe environment for patient.
• Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
• Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to identify the goals of care and meet the care needs of the patient and family/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.

Additional Duties

• Maintains knowledge of and compliance with current Medicare/Medicaid, state/federal rules and regulations for hospice services.
• Ensures compliance with Medicare conditions of participation and other state regulations governing the provisions of healthcare.

Qualifications

Education

• Education and Training – Masters or doctoral prepared graduate of an accredited school of nursing and nurse practitioner program.
• License or Certification – Current Minnesota RN license and certification as a Nurse Practitioner; FNP, ANP or GNP preferred. Current BLS for Health Care Providers or will obtain within 3 months of start date. Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record per policy.
• Minimum of one (1) year Nurse Practitioner experience required and one (1) year or more of hospice or palliative care experience, preferred.
• Must be eligible for DEA registration.
• Additional skills - Demonstrates knowledge in communication and counseling patient/family in dealing with end-of-life issues. Demonstrates strong written and verbal communication skills, strong organizational skills, accurate and attentive to details, proficient keyboarding skills. Previous experience with electronic medical record systems and belief in the hospice concept.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace — earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 12 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare — but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark’s full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South – this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you – let’s get you hired.

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer’s premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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