Nurse Practitioner

Description:

Horizon Hospice Care is looking for a Nurse Practitioner to provide services for our patients!

About us: Horizon Hospice is devoted to helping our patients achieve and maintain the best possible quality of life. Our mission is to improve and restore our clients’ lives through quality patient care, innovative specialty health care programs and state of the art technology. The Horizon Hospice team embodies compassion, heart, patience, empathy, and competence to meet our patient’s needs.

Core values: Commitment Advocacy Respect Excellence

Why Horizon Hospice Care?

Thriving Together: As we grow, so does the opportunity for personal and professional advancement. Join a team that's not just about today but invested in building a future where your contributions make a lasting impact.

Community of Care: Horizon Hospice Care is more than an agency; it's a community dedicated to nurturing your skills and passions. We've crafted an environment that encourages growth and celebrates the unique strengths each team member brings.

Heartfelt Connection: In a world of growth and expansion, we've retained the warmth of a close-knit family. Your journey with Horizon Hospice Care is more than a career - it's a personal connection to a purpose-driven community.

Tasks/Duties & Job Responsibilities:

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
• Assesses and evaluates patient's status by: writing and initiating plan of care, regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs, participating in revisiting the plan of care is necessary.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
• Develops a care plan that establishes foals, based on nursing diagnoses and incorporates palliative nursing action. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician's plan of care.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilities the patient's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by the Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

Benefits:

• Family Oriented Company
• Dedicated intake and scheduling team that support you and your patients
• Supportive work environment with opportunity to learn and develop
• Mileage reimbursement
• Competitive benefits package
• 401K plan + 15% matching
• Company phone provided
• PTO
• Opportunity to provide individualized care to patients
• Continuing education opportunities

Requirements:

• Nurse Practitioner with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.
• Graduate of National League for Nursing accredited school of nursing
• Maintains a current CPR certification.
• Current valid driver's license.
• Two years' experience preferred, one of which is in the area of public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred.
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Responsible for supervising hospice aides.
• Demonstrates excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communications; nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Shows ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.