Your Career at Hospice…
Hospice of Central PA provides quality care to thousands of patients and families every year so they can live better at end of life. We are able to support hundreds of individuals in our community each day because of our incredible staff. Whether in a clinical role or supporting the organization behind the scenes, your career at Hospice of Central PA makes a meaningful difference to patients and families.
Nurse Practitioner- Palliative
Full Time or 80 hrs. per two week pay period
8am - 5pm
Weekends- every 5th
Essential Functions
Serves as a member of the Choices Palliative Care team.
Assists with the provision of palliative medicine in accordance with organizational, state, and federal regulations.
Serves as a comprehensive direct care provider with demonstrated skilled proficiency in symptom management and advanced illness care.
Provides critical thinking and clinical judgment to address the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual needs and reflect the goals of care of the patients and families receiving palliative medicine services.
Provides clinical direction and expertise to the interdisciplinary team.
Participates in goals of care discussions and development of plans of care that are clinically appropriate and that meet accepted palliative care and Choices Healthcare standards and guidelines.
Collaborates and maintains communication with the patients’ attending providers, hospice and subspecialists for the coordination of palliative medicine services.
Collaborates with Choices Palliative Medical Director and/or Lead Nurse Practitioner and additional members of the IDT when appropriate on matters of patient care.
Monitors plans of care to assure consistency with Choices Healthcare philosophy, policies, procedures, and protocols.
Provides comprehensive clinical and psychological evaluations of patients and their families in relation to their goals of care and serves as a patient advocate in the development of patient centered goals of care and documents visits and services according to Medicare and Choices Healthcare standards.
Participates in interdisciplinary team meetings as scheduled.
May be required to participate in adult hospice responsibilities as directed.
Qualifications
Certified Nurse Practitioner license in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania required
Two years of NP experience required
Hospice and/or Palliative Medicine experience preferred
Prescriptive authority required
Unrestricted DEA license required
Certification in Hospice & Palliative Medicine required within three years from date of hire
We offer a full range of benefits including:
* Must work a minimum of 64 hours per two-week pay period
^ Must work a minimum of 40 hours per two week pay period
Must be vaccinated for influenza or be granted a religious/medical exemption.
EOE
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Hospice of Central PA (HCP) was founded in 1979. The organization’s mission is provide the highest quality of emotional, physical and spiritual support with compassion and respect. HCP envisions a community that embraces specialized care at the end of life with the same importance that is given at the beginning of life.
Started by a small group of individuals concerned about care for the dying, our agency was one of the pioneers of the hospice concept nationwide and the first hospice in Central Pennsylvania. In the mid 1990’s we responded to patients requiring more support then they could get a home, but who still wished to remain in a home-like setting. We opened Carolyn's House, HCP’s hospice residence in Harrisburg in 1996. This six bed residence, located on a serene, wooded setting, is the first and only stand-alone hospice residential facility in Central Pennsylvania.
Our caring and supportive staff and volunteers serve all of Cumberland, Dauphin, Perry and Schuylkill Counties. We also serve northern York County and areas of Adams and Lebanon Counties. We care for patients and families in the most rural townships, as well as in the cities and surrounding suburbs and boroughs.
Hospice of Central PA is an independent non-profit, community based organization. We work closely with hospitals and other health care facilities. Our agency is a United Way Program Partner with United Way of the Capital Region (www.uwcr.org) and United Way of Carlisle and Cumberland County (www.carlisleunitedway.org). We also receive funding from the Carlisle Area Health and Wellness Foundation (www.cahwf.org). In addition, we enjoy a broad range of support from individuals, corporations, churches, private foundations and other organizations.
