Advanced Practice Provider - Palliative Care

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A Brief Overview
The Advanced Practice Provider is responsible for providing quality care for patients and increasing patient access and satisfaction. Standard tasks to be performed by a NP/PA as specified by the Ohio State Board of Medicine and UH entity specific Medical Bylaws:

What you will do

In this role you will provide high level palliative care at top of license through Interdisciplinary Team approach. Focus on goals of care conversations, symptom management and reducing uncertainty for medically complex patients. Will consider new grads with 2 years of hospice or palliative care experience as an RN. 

·        Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/pts/customers (10%)

·        Initiates and maintains positive relationships w/co-workers (10%)

·        Takes responsibility for self-development and supports a learning environment (10%)

·        Displays commitment to the mission of the hospital and its values (10%)

·        Performs patient assessment and assigns diagnosis based on recorded assessment data and current scientific and current research (20%)

·        Establishes plan of care and implements interventions in accordance w/carepaths, protocols, and standards of care and current research (15%)

·        Collaborates w/other health care providers in an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to the patient and family (5%)

·        Contributes to the educational development of staff, patients, family and self (5%)

·        Demonstrates progressive leadership and effective management (5%)

·        Provides education through role modeling and in-services to meet identified learning needs and to promote professionalism (5%)

·        Advances own professional development through self-directed learning, continuing education and participation in peer review (5%)

Education Qualifications

·        (MSN) Master's Degree in Nursing, or

·        Master's Degree from an accredited PA educational program

Experience Qualifications

·        1+ years as a NP or PA Preferred

Skills and Abilities