We are hiring for a Nurse Practitioner in Hospice. This is a PRN position.

At Missouri Delta Hospice, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.

As a Hospice Nurse Practitioner, you can expect:

• the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert
• being valued and respected by patients and their families
• employee-focused wellness and support programs
• incredible team support and empathetic leadership

Take your nursing career to a new level of caring. Join us.

• Provides independent primary care, consultation, and advice to others as a highly specialized practitioner.
• Makes patient visits, assumes on-call duties, exercises prescriptive authority in collaboration with the supervising physician and directs interdisciplinary team meetings.
• Manages the coordination of care, including patient visits, of patients who have complicated diseases, as requested by the team.
• Performs comprehensive assessments for complicated patients and coordinates the plan of care.
• Performs the patient face-to-face encounter visits, when indicated, for physicians with a collaborative agreement.
• Documents and maintains appropriate records relating to all services rendered, using company defined processes|forms.
• Provides internal and external clinical education, as indicated.
• Attends and actively participates in team and staff meetings.
• Serves as a clinical resource to all staff members.
• Participates in requested quality and performance improvement activities.
• All other duties as assigned.

License Requirements

• Current CPR certification required.
• Current certification as a clinical Nurse Specialist or Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice.
• Current certification by ANCC or AANP
• Current drivers license, vehicle insurance and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.
• NPI Number
• DEA with prescribing privileges
• PECOS enrollment Certification
• CAQH enrolled
• Medicare number
• Medicaid number (referable, not required)

Experience

• Greater than one year NP experience in chronic disease management, family or primary care.