Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner @ LHC Group

Explore opportunities with Acadian Palliative Care, a part of LHC Group. As part of the Optum family of businesses, we provide home health, hospice and community-based services that help people receive quality care where they feel most comfortable: at home. Rooted in personalized care, we support patients and provide comfort through each stage of their health journey, while building trusted relationships along the way. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.As the Palliative Care Nurse, you will provide direct patient and family care through palliative care consultations, ensuring specialty services for patients with serious illness and a prognosis of one year or less who are not ready or eligible for hospice care. Primary Responsibilities:Demonstrates effective and ethical use of approved evidence-based palliative medicine practices in the delivery of all patient care based on physical, emotional, spiritual, psycho/social, ethical, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the ages of patients servedDemonstrates knowledgeable clinical expertise by incorporating palliative care body of knowledge to formulate an effective plan of careGathers pertinent information systematically from all sources, including medical records, family history, and caregivers, and thorough specialty physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual clinical patient assessmentCompletes a comprehensive assessment utilizing the palliative care domains of assessment, interprets findings, conducts medication reconciliation, and formulates problem-related diagnoses, initiates plan of care utilizing therapeutic interventions, and evaluates the results of these actions for adequate outcome responsesACHPN certification encouraged after 2 years of employment or when experience requirements are metYou'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. Required Qualifications:RN/APRN licensure in state of practiceNurse Practitioner/CNS with prescriptive authorityBCLS licensure5+ years of clinical nursing experiencePreferred Qualifications: Advanced practice palliative care certification (ACHPN)1+ years as APRN in Hospice, Palliative Care, or Oncology