Advanced Practice Provider- Palliative Care

As a Bluegrass Care Navigators' Hospice Team member, you will be a part of a team providing care and support to patients and their families who no longer receive treatments to cure their terminal illness but instead choose care to improve their comfort and quality of life. Our service allows our team members to focus on one patient at a time providing care where the patient calls home. While this often is a house or apartment, we also provide care at nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and hospitals. If a patient’s care needs are too complicated for home care or require a higher level of attention from nurses and other experts, we can provide care at one of our Hospice Care Centers.

At Bluegrass Care Navigators we are committed to a work setting that treats all team members with fairness, dignity, and respect. We offer our team members an opportunity to grow, to develop professionally, and to work in a team environment. You can help our team make a lasting difference. Join #TeamBCN where your work matters, and your time is valued.

Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm with weekday after-hours, weekend on-call shifts (approx. 9 per year)

Position Summary

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP)-Palliative Care delivers comprehensive, patient-centered care to individuals living with a serious illness. The role focuses on assessment, management, and relief of symptoms and stress related to serious and life-limiting conditions, with the goal of improving quality of life for patients, caregivers, and families. The APP provides care to both new and established patients across multiple settings, including the home, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living, long-term care facilities, clinics, and hospitals. Working collaboratively with community providers and partners, Bluegrass Care Navigators’ physicians, and interdisciplinary team members, the APP follows established palliative care and symptom management protocols while exercising independent clinical judgment within scope of practice.

This position plays a key role in developing, implementing, and communicating individualized plans of care and may contribute to clinical protocol development, education, and quality improvement initiatives related to palliative and end-of-life care.

Position Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Master’s or Doctoral program in Nursing or a Physician Assistant Program.  
• Current certification as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (ACNP, AGNP, FNP) or Physical Assistant.  
• Currently licensed as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in the state of Kentucky.   
• Maintains current BLS certification.
• Demonstrates clinical experience in hospice, palliative care, home health, medical, surgical or critical care settings.
• Experience in Hospice and Palliative medicine preferred, including strong skills in pain and symptom management. 
• I.V. therapy skills preferred.   
• Demonstrates in-depth, current clinical knowledge within area of specialty and the ability to translate professional and organizational goals into effective practice.   
• Skilled in supporting patients and families experiencing emotional stress; respectful of diverse lifestyles, values, and beliefs.
• Commitment to the evidence-based practice, research utilization, and continuous professional development.    
• Ability to organize and utilize resources efficiently and effectively.   
• Strong interpersonal, communication, collaboration, and conflict-resolution skills.   
• Knowledge of healthcare systems and change management process.  
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities while effectively handling the emotional demands of palliative care practice.
• Adheres to accepted professional standards, ethical principles, and organizational policies.
• Strong clinical judgment, excellent observational skills, and the ability to provide timely, accurate written documentation.
• Self-directed with the ability to work independently while functioning effectively within an interdisciplinary team.  
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile in good working order, that is insured in accordance with state minimum requirements
  
  

Bluegrass Care Navigators is committed to creating a diverse environment and complies with Equal Employment Opportunity and Title VI guidelines. Employment with Bluegrass Care Navigators, as well as our services, are available to all qualified individuals. We embrace and celebrate differences of persons of varying age, ethnicity, gender, disability, race, color, sex (including sex characteristics, intersex traits, pregnancy or related conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotypes, religion, national origin, political affiliation, socioeconomic and family status, geographic region, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

It is the policy of Bluegrass Care Navigators to implement fair and effective personnel policies and to require all employees to serve the organization's mission and values.