This is a part-time opportunity.
Are you looking for something different in your career?
Big Bend Hospice is hiring an experienced Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) to support our Transitions Supportive Care team.
We are looking for an APRN who can deliver quality patient-centered palliative care within the patient's home.

Travel Requirement: You will use your vehicle (mileage reimbursement applies) and travel to patients who reside in the 8-county service area.

This is a rewarding position where you will manage our patients' serious illnesses, discuss goals of care, talk about advanced directives, be an advocate and counselor for the patients and caregivers and so much more!

Hospice work is not a job – it’s a calling.

Caring for patients and their families at the end of life requires exceptional people with the spirit and commitment to providing compassionate care.

Big Bend Hospice has been the “Hometown Hospice” in the Florida Big Bend area since 1983. Our non-profit's mission is to “inspire hope by positively impacting the way our community experiences serious illness or grief one family at a time.”

Big Bend Hospice strives to be the employer of choice and is committed to providing the education, tools, and work environment to allow employees to perform at their best. For more information about Big Bend Hospice, visit bigbendhospice.org or us on Instagram or Facebook.

Our Culture

Our culture is cultivated using the following values:

• Integrity - We demonstrate integrity in everything we do
• Accountability - We hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards
• Respect - We respect our patients and the families we serve, and we respect one another
• Stewards - We are good stewards of our resources
• Innovation - We strive for increased knowledge and explore innovative ways to fulfill our mission
• Excellence - We are committed to excellence and helping each employee reach their highest potential

If you are compassionate, a team player, a road warrior, and have a heart for service, keep reading!

Main duties and responsibilities:
(duties include, but are not limited to)

Patient Care

• Provides medical care, palliates, and manages serious illness in compliance with the state Nurse Practice Act under the supervision of a collaborating physician.

• Completes history and physical examinations by evaluating the patient's medical condition and health history, orders and interprets results from laboratory and diagnostic tests or procedures, diagnoses health conditions, and documents the findings in the patient's medical record.

• Manages health conditions and serious illnesses by developing an individualized plan of care, prescribing medications and/or treatments, obtaining consultations or making referrals, and coordinating palliative/supportive care services.

• Reviews clinical information, and coordinates and oversees patient care in consultation with the palliative/supportive interdisciplinary team (IDT) and other healthcare practitioners.

• Ensures that patients receive appropriate measures to control symptoms through collaboration with interdisciplinary team (IDT) members.

• Reviews and develops protocols for treatment; proposes options for interventions based on the literature with the collaborating physician.

• Consults with the collaborating physician when the patient's plan of care is outside standardized practice and protocols.

• Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient/family.

• Serves as an additional provider resource for Big Bend Hospice, completing face-to-face visits, addressing orders for medications and treatments and other hospice care-related needs, in line with APRN duties and responsibilities.

• Participates in on-call rotation.

Communication

• Communicates and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to create, review, revise, and document the patient's plan of care.

• Attends and participates in palliative/supportive interdisciplinary team (IDT) meetings.

• Completes and submits accurate, timely, and relevant clinical notes, physical exam notes, assessment visit notes, medical orders, collaboration notes and other documentation in the medical record.

• Consults with the patient's primary care physician, and other healthcare practitioners regarding the patient's eligibility for palliative/supportive care, ongoing care needs and medical management related to the patient's serious/terminal condition.

• Communicates with other community health practitioners to coordinate the plan of care.

• Educates and counsels patients, families, and/or caregivers re: preventative care, medical problems, psychological issues, symptom management, advanced care planning, and spiritual issues in conjunction with the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to meet the total needs of patients/families.

• Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.

• Collaborates with the family/caregiver and the interdisciplinary team (IDT) to identify the goals of care and meet the care needs of the patient and family/caregiver.

• Serves as a nursing resource for consultation and educations to members of the interdisciplinary team and other healthcare practitioners in the community. *

• Establishes, builds, and nurtures relationships with staff and community to facilitate program growth.

• Other duties as requested or assigned.

Requirements:

• Master's degree or doctorate in Nursing from an accredited advanced practice school of nursing for Nurse Practitioners.
• Licensed in the state of Florida as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).
• Must have BLS/CPR certification.
• A minimum of two (2) years Nurse Practitioner experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of clinical experience in nursing where physical assessment skills were enhanced.
• Compassionate with sound judgment
• Excellent communication and organizational skills
• Knowledge of palliative/supportive care principles and the end-of-life process; Certification in a specialist area preferred; (e.g., Hospice and Palliative Nursing (ACHPN), Pediatrics or Geriatrics).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and medical software systems (i.e. MatrixCare)
• Valid driver's license

Join a Team that inspires hope!

Big Bend Hospice is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We celebrate diversity without discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.