What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Nurse Practitioner position at Grace Healthcare Services?
Key Responsibilities:
- Patient Care
- Follow the plan of care of patient/family care and services.
- Outlines admission plan of care with the IDT and RN Case Manager.
- Provides nursing care as determined by the plan of care and the RN Case Manager.
- Educates patient/family and other primary caregivers, in appropriate care techniques.
- Serves as the patient/family advocate by maintaining regular communication with ALF staff, long term care facility staff, and RN Manager.
- May participate in providing bereavement support to families and associated bereavement activities as appropriate.
- Ensure and document appropriate use of medication, durable medical equipment, and supplies.
- Participates in team meeting.
- Provides accurate documentation with visit itineraries to the office. Documentation must be completed according to hospice, state, and federal guidelines/standards. Documentation must be prepared and turned in according to these guidelines.
- Follows RN care plan appropriately/reports to RN case manager on each patient.
- Monitors the recertification/reauthorization process and provides input for this process.
- Reports necessary information to the Clinical Director/Regional Manager/RN case manager and other members of the IDT for on-call shift report.
- Responds to on-call issues as clinically appropriate.
- Works under the direction of the RN case manager.
- Quality Improvement
- Integrates quality improvement results into the established plan of care.
- Participates in quality assessment and improvement activities as assigned by the Regional Manager/RN case manager or QAP1 Manager.
- Participates in proactive patient calls and visits.
- Participates in substantive chart reviews as assigned by the Regional Manager
- Professional Development
- Participates in the orientation of new team members as assigned by the RN Case Manager.
- Attends regularly scheduled in-service and educational conferences.
- Develops and achieves professional growth goals and objectives and reviews these with his/her supervisor on a regular basis.
- Represents Grace Healthcare Services in a positive manner.
- Participates in educational activities with Grace Healthcare Services as well as outside the Grace Healthcare Services program.
- Ensures that Grace Healthcare Services' best practices are incorporated into all job activities/responsibilities.
- Customer Service
- Promotes a customer service-oriented approach to care & customer relationships.
- Participates in customer conflict resolution.
- Access to reliable transportation.
- Adhere to the practice of confidentiality regarding patients, families, staff, and the organization.
- Ensure that Grace Healthcare Services' best practices are incorporated into all job activities/responsibilities.
Qualifications:
- Currently licensed to practice nursing in the state
- A minimum of two years nursing experience in acute-care hospital nursing in either medical, surgical or oncology unit or other commensurate experience.
- Communication Skills