Hospice Nurse Practitioner

Want to join our Team? We are currently looking for a caring and compassionate Nurse Practitioner to work with our hospice care division. The Hospice NP provides highly professional direct patient care to patients during their hospice admission wherever the patient calls home. The Hospice NP manages symptoms through behavioral and medical interventions and engages in goals of care conversations to direct treatment plans for our complex and seriously ill patient population.  This position will primarily cover Calvert and Charles Counties with some coverage in our Inpatient Care Center in Charles Counties.

Office Location: Prince Frederick and/or Waldorf, MD

Status: Full-time

Schedule: 40 hour work week

Salary: Competitive, commensurate with experience, education and credentialing         

Main Responsibilities:

• Respond efficiently to clinical calls from IDT team members, assess patient needs, and prescribe/refill medications as needed. Monitor and fulfill requests from multiple messaging channels.  
• Assess symptom burden and craft treatment plans to reduce unnecessary suffering.
• Create treatment plans for inpatient care. Round in the inpatient care centers as requested, create high-quality documentation, lead family meetings, and provide bedside patient and family support. Review goals of care and related documentation.  Create new advance directives and MOLST forms as needed.
• Provide coaching in behavioral change or mind-body techniques to reduce illness exacerbations.
• Authorize prescriptions through the electronic systems.
• Perform face to face visits and symptom or crisis related visits in person, and complete documentation and coding in EMR within 24 hours. Utilize agency approved formatting for documentation.
• Complete death certificates within 24 hours of their assignment and expedite their completion in unique circumstances.
• Manage time proactively to ensure all aspects of the role are completed in a timely way.
• Participate in advance practice nurse and physician staff meetings.
• Participate in quality improvement activities and attend meetings as requested.
• Create and provide education for internal and external audiences. 
• Attend hospice IDT meetings to share clinical findings as requested.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We Offer:

• A rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that values your contributions
• Competitive salary and generous paid time off, including 18 vacation days, 10 sick days, and 8 paid holidays in your first year of employment with HOC.
• Educational assistance to pursue professional development, additional certifications and degree programs
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, company-paid Short Term Disability and Life Insurance, and available accident and critical illness coverage.

About Hospice of the Chesapeake

At Hospice of the Chesapeake, we create meaningful experiences for those in the communities we serve who are experiencing serious advanced illness and loss. We believe truly meaningful experiences come from a partnership between highly skilled and compassionate professionals, our healthcare partners and the patient and family with a primary focus on living each day to the fullest extent possible.  We develop care plans to minimize symptoms, articulate what matters most, and remember that each moment matters.

We are Your Hometown Hospice! Over the last 45 years, our team has cared for more than 50,000 hospice patients and nearly 100,000 family members.

To learn more please visit us at hospicechesapeake.org or find us on social media.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Active State of Maryland Nurse Practitioner License in good standing.
• Active Controlled Substance and DEA license in good standing required.
• Minimum of two (2) years’ experience as an independent nurse practitioner in hospice, palliative, geriatrics, oncology, critical care, or another related field. Inpatient palliative or hospice experience preferred.
• Board certification in Hospice and Supportive Care required within 2 years of employment.
• Clean or nearly clean medical malpractice history.
• Proficient EMR and Microsoft Office technology.
• Eligible for provider enrollment in Medicare and Medicaid.
• Demonstrated understanding of and a commitment to the philosophy of Hospice and Supportive Care, Familiarity with hospice, home care and adult social services.
• Fluent in the ethical and legal issues surrounding end of life care and prescribing controlled substances.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills required.

In accordance with Hospice of the Chesapeake’s commitment to leadership and industry-leading care, we require that all employees be vaccinated against COVID and influenza, as well as being screened for TB upon hire and annually thereafter. Documented and supported requests for religious and medical accommodations may be considered but may not be approved in all circumstances.

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Salary : $100,000 - $140,000