Nurse Practitioner

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Advantage Home Health and Hospice is currently seeking a Nurse Practitioner to join our vastly growing Hospice team in the Mechanicsburg, PA and Surrounding Areas!

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for working in collaboration with the Hospice Medical Director, utilizes advanced knowledge and clinical expertise to provide advance hospice care services to patients and their families. The NP is directly accountable for making clinical judgements using independent and interdependent decision making skills.

Responsibilities:

Follows established standards of nursing practice, federal/state requirements for the position, maintains competence and compliance with requirements in the Medicare Hospice Conditions of Participation and the organization's policies and procedures

Performs administrative face to face encounters with hospice patients to identify/monitor existing or potential health problems and appropriateness for hospice recertification

Documents in the patient's clinical record according to accepted professional standards and in compliance with organization's policies and procedures.

Reports changes in patient's condition to responsible party and provides necessary interventions as indicated

Communicates with the Medical Director and other members of the interdisciplinary team as needed

Applies admission and re-certification criteria to ensure that patients meet hospice requirements and are placed at the appropriate level of care

Communicates and reports clinical findings to insurance case managers as requested

Requirements:

Masters degree in Nursing from an accredited Nurse Practitioner training program

Current state licensure as a professional nurse in the state of Pennsylvania

National certification (CRNP) in advanced practice nursing specialty of Adult Health, Gerontology, or Palliative Care from certification body (ANCC, AANP, ONCC, NBCHPN)

Minimum of one year recent hospice experience preferred. Experience in home care, acute care or long-term skilled nursing care will be considered.

Certification in Generalist Hospice and Palliative Nursing preferred (CHPN)

Advanced Certification in Hospice and Palliative Nursing preferred (ACHPN)

Advantage Home Health and Hospice Services believes that our employees are the foundation to providing excellent patient care, we equip them with the support and tools to excel. We offer leadership training, continued nursing and therapy education through hands on training and online courses, opportunities for advancement within our organization. For our full-time employees, we also offer a flexible and comprehensive medical package, paid time off, competitive pay rates and so much more!

Together, AdvantageCare Rehabilitation and Advantage Home Health and Hospice Services provide a consistent approach to patient care- Better Service, Better Quality and Better Results- That's Our Advantage!

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Advantage Home Health Services