Locum Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Palliative Medicine - $90 per hour in North Carolina - S3 Connections LLC

Facility ensuring a comprehensive, individualized treatment plan, while demonstrating excellent clinical skills and ethical, relevant judgment.  Provides diagnosis, treatment, consultation, and follow-up under the direction of the Palliative Medical Director (if required under State law).

General Duties & Responsibilities

• Adheres to Company Policy and Procedures


• Participates in developing Department goals, objectives, systems, policies and procedures


• Acts as a role model within and outside the Company


• Performs duties as workload necessitates


• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude


• Communicates regularly with supervisor about Department issues


• Demonstrates flexible and efficient time management and ability to prioritize workload


• Consistently reports to work on time prepared to perform duties of position


• Participates in administrative staff meetings, committees, and special projects, and seeks additional responsibilities.


• Recommends new approaches to effect on-going continual improvements to policies, procedures, and documentation  


• Complies with, and ensures compliance with, rules, regulations, and policies within all local, state, and federal governing agencies as well as Company policies and procedures


• Performs other related duties as required and assigned 

Essential Functions of Position

• Work in collaboration with the Palliative Care Medical Director and other palliative team members to deliver palliative care by providing diagnosis, treatment and follow-up for patients referred to palliative care.


• Take responsibility for patient palliative care from the initial assessment through discharge.  


• Assessment at a minimum should include:  disease-specific changes, decline or change in function, nutrition and/or cognition, inadequately controlled pain or other distressing symptoms, falls, infections or similar events, the impact of the disease burden on the patient's condition, caregiver and/or family's quality of life.


• Establish the palliative plan of care, individualized for each patient, in consultation with the patient, family and other members of the Palliative Care Team.


• Facilitate obtaining care for patient when a need is identified in accordance with the Plan of Care.


• Participates in evening/weekend call as required, conducting on-call services in a clinically competent and responsive manner.


• Prescribe medications including controlled substances to the extent delegated and licensed, in accordance with state law. Order and interpret laboratory and other diagnostic tests within the scope of professional practice. Order treatments and durable medical equipment as indicated.


• Communicate clinical findings to the Palliative Medical Director as needed, but no less than bi-weekly.  Re-assess effectiveness of care plan on a regular basis and modify as needed.


• Maintain effective working relationships with supportive care team (e.g., Social Worker, Spiritual Care Coordinator), as applicable, and involve team when patient's care plan warrants team participation to achieve desired outcome.


• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.


• Communicate and document clinical findings, treatment plan and care provided in the patient's medical record in a manner consistent with acceptable standards in order to support sound medical practice and reimbursement for services provided.


• Knowledgeable of Palliative Medicine Quality Measures collection, documentation and reporting.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Practice experience with Part B billing


• Able to work autonomously in an Advanced Practice Role


• Minimum of two years Nurse Practitioner experience


• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills.


• Independent decision making and self motivation.


• Working knowledge or understanding of: principles of Palliative Medicine, including when a patient may be appropriate for home health or hospice care;


• Medicare/Medicaid regulations; and interdisciplinary process. 


• Meets mandatory continuing education requirements of Gentiva and licensing board.


• Must be able to work efficiently with point of care software.  


• Approximate percent of time required to travel for training/education of Nurse Practitioner:   10-20%.


• Fluent competence in computer/smart phone navigation


• Working knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Powerpoint


• Must have and maintain reliable transportation to be used for work.