Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Hospice (PRN)

Statement Of Employment Philosophy

Being a part of Tanner Health System is more than a job, it is a promise we make to treat every patient with exceptional service every time they walk through our doors. Service excellence is the foundation of our organizational culture and the expectations we all set for each other, our patients, physicians and our community. All employees agree to abide by a set of service standards. These standards are the promise we make to provide the best care possible, and represent our beliefs, values and who we strive to become. We each commit to making Tanner Health System a great place for our employees to work, for patients to receive care and for physicians to practice medicine.

Functions

Area of Responsibilities

• Performs face to face encounter evaluations of hospice patients to determine eligibility of hospice benefits.

• Provides findings of face to face encounters to the medical director prior to the re-certification date.

• Completes face to face narrative for re-certification and any other hospice required documentation prior to the re-certification date.

• Maintain evidence based medical care and clinical charting. Participates with clinical tracking and feedback.

• Reports findings of the face to face visit within 24 hours to the hospice administrator or designee.

• Maintains and updates level of skills as pertinent to the nurse practitioner licensure requirements.

Compliance Statement

Employee performs within the prescribed limits of Tanner Health System's Ethics and Compliance program. Is responsible to detect, observe, and report compliance variances to their immediate supervisor, the Compliance Officer, or the Hotline.

Required Knowledge & Skills

Education: Master's Degree

Experience: Six months of related experience

Licenses and Certifications

• GEORGIA REGISTERED NURSE LICENSE OR MULTISTATE NURSING LICENSE

• GEORGIA NURSE PRACTITIONER LICENSE

• HEALTHCARE PROVIDER (CPR)

Supervision

• No direct supervision required

Qualifications

• Graduate of recognized program for Nurse Practitioner training (MSN).

• Able to communicate effectively with medical and hospice staff and various populations within Tanner Health System and in the community.

• Must possess the sense of discipline to work independently and in accordance with accepted clincal standards.

• Must maintain high degree of confidentiality.

• Must be able to deal tactfully and effectively with patients, family members, other employees and physicians.

Definitions

Nurse practitioner provides services through the performance of patient evaluation, assessment and treatment in the medical office or home setting as allowed by state licensure laws and under the supervsion of the administrator with input from the medical director.

Position Responsibilities

Contact with Others: Requires frequent but limited contacts with many others to do job, or extensive contacts with a limited number of categories of people to apply procedures or treatment. Requires discretion and tact to interpret departmental procedures.

Effect of Error: Probable errors not easily detected and may adversely affect external as well as internal relationships and may result in major expenditures for equipment, materials, or procedures detrimental to the patient's welfare or the organization's interest. Work is subject to general review only and requires considerable accuracy and responsibility. Continually works with reports, records, plans, and programs of a major functional area of the organization where integrity is required to safeguard the organization's position. Duties may involve the preparation of data on which the administration bases important decisions and are highly confidential.

People Management Responsibilities

Supervisory Responsibility: Occasionally uses assistance of aide or helper in performance of task

Work Environment/Physical Effort

Mental Demands: Work involves a variety of problems in a general field, some of which are complex. Involves some independent judgment to decide what to do to assemble facts, determine variations from standard procedures, or plan other action to be taken to meet general objectives.

Working Conditions: Moderate - (About 50% of the day) Involved in exposure to dirt, odors, noise, or some work is performed with exposure to temperature/weather extremes/occupational risk. Limited probability of coming into contact with blood borne pathogens, other potentially infectious diseases, or biomedical/bio-hazardous materials.

Working Conditions Aspects for Immunizations

Performs tasks involving contact with blood, blood-contaminated body fluids, other body fluids, or sharps (needles): Yes

Directly works with Patients less than 12 months of age: No

Physical Effort: Moderate physical effort - Lifts, carries, or handles lightweight (1 to 25 lbs.) materials or equipment for about half of the day. Very occasional physical effort with medium weight objects (25- 60 lbs.). Office or laboratory work requires close visual effort and concentration more than half of day. Works in reaching or strained positions for less than half of day.

Physical Aspects

Bending: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Typing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Manual Dexterity - picking, pinching with fingers etc.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Feeling (Touch) - determining temperature, texture, by touching: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Hearing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Reaching - above shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Reaching - below shoulder: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Visual: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Color Vision: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Speaking: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Standing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Balancing: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Walking: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Crawling: Not required

Running - in response to an emergency: Not required

Lifting up to 25 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Lifting 25 to 60 lbs.: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Lifting over 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Handling - seizing, holding, grasping: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Carrying: Constant = 67% - 100% of the time.

Climbing: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Kneeling: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Squatting: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Tasting: Not required

Smelling: Not required

Driving - Utility vehicles such as golf carts, Gators, ATV, riding lawnmowers, skid steer, aerial lift: Not required

Driving - Class C vehicles: Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Driving - CDL class vehicles: Not required

N95 Respirator usage (PPE): Frequent = 34% - 66% of the time

Hazmat suit usage (PPE): Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Pushing/Pulling - up to 25 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Pushing/Pulling - 25 to 60 lbs.: Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time

Pushing/Pulling - over 60 lbs. : Occasional = 1% - 33% of the time