Overview

HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.

Our Mission – “Through Compassionate Patient-Centered Care in the Home; We will Provide Exceptional Outcomes across our Continuum of Services”

Our Values – Respect, Integrity, Teamwork and Excellence - are leading us to a better tomorrow for patient care.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Paid Orientation and Training
• Day Time Hours (no holidays/weekends)
• Great Place to Work Certified
• Established in 11 states
• Largest home-based primary care practice in the US for over 28 years, making a huge impact in healthcare today!

Responsibilities

The Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner provides palliative care treatment and consultation to chronically ill patients under the supervision of one or more physicians to optimize quality of life. The nurse practitioner is an extension of the physician being able to provide full palliative care across all patient types. The Nurse Practitioner is able to prescribe therapy or medication, order, interpret tests, and develop comprehensive treatment plans in cooperation with the patient’s primary care provider.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Serves as a comprehensive direct care provider with demonstrated skilled proficiency in symptom management and advanced illness care
• Provide comprehensive clinical and psychosocial evaluations of patients and their families in relation to their quality of life goals
• Serves as patient advocate in development of patient centered plans of care
• Collaborate with patients and families to establish goals of treatment and advanced directive options
• Collaborate with primary care to ensure interdisciplinary communication as well as treatment goals
• Open and responsive to diverse backgrounds and experience of other people and promotes an environment that is sensitive to cultural diversity
• Understands and is able to discern continuum support services as adjunct assistance for patient stability
• Act as an advocate for HarmonyCares continuum of care in the community
• Demonstrated knowledge of Medicare benefits, patient rights, advance directives and community resources
• Demonstrate proficiency in concurrent EMR documentation and appropriate coding

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Advanced Practice Nurse with appropriate active and unrestricted state licensure
• Valid NPI#, DEA and CTP
• Enrolled with Medicare or state Medicaid or eligible for enrollment
• 3 years of home based or hospice care or relevant experience
• Demonstrates excellent observation, verbal and written communication, problem solving and organizational skills
• FLORIDA ONLY REQUIREMENT - Active CPR Certification

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