About us
Hospice Care of the Lowcountry (HCL) is an independent, community-based, hospice and palliative care non-profit organization, serving Beaufort and Jasper counties for more than 42 years. Established to give comfort, honor and dignity for end-of-life patients and their families through compassionate physical, emotional and spiritual care, regardless of their financial circumstances. We help our valued patients, and their families experience the fullness and dignity they deserve, even as they face the anxieties associated with the end of life.

Hospice Care of the Lowcountry is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join us full-time. The successful candidate will be responsible for patient care and coordination with the interdisciplinary team.

• Performs detailed face-to-face encounters with hospice agency team members, patients and families in the assigned area as needed.
• Performs and completes medical assessments including diagnosis, intervention, and planning as applicable along with necessary documentation.
• Provides hospice-based education, orientation, and in-servicing to staff as needed and identified by the team
• Performs comprehensive and symptom management visits to address the individualized needs of the patient along with a plan of care oversight (as defined by State specific law).
• Performs new admission assessments, comprehensive histories/physicals, problem-focused visits, comfort the dying visits, and other visits based on agency need and scope of practice.
• Utilizes LCD guidelines per the hospice policy and regulatory requirements when documenting face-to-face encounter visits.
• Communicates clinical findings of the face-to-face encounter to the Medical Director/Team Physicians and members of the IDG team for use in coordinating patient care.
• Oversees and coordinates care for hospice and/or palliative patients.
• Serves as a liaison between the hospice agency, physicians within the community, facilities, and others engaged in health care services to ensure high-quality care and goal completion.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• Hospice

License/Certification:

• Licensed Nurse Practitioner (Required)

Work Location: On the road