Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant Palliative Care Days Full Time West Bloomfield and Detroit
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- Henry Ford Hospital - Detroit Main Campus
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- 253299 Requisition #
Great Opportunity to have work/life balance and learning within an academic healthcare institution!
- As part of the interdisciplinary palliative medicine team, the Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides comprehensive palliative medicine consultation to patients with serious illness in the inpatient setting.
- Provides comprehensive palliative care assessments, pain and symptom management, assistance with clarifying goals of care, and counseling to patients with serious illness and their families.
- APP Performs comprehensive assessments of physical, psychological, and spiritual concerns in patients with serious illness and their families.
- Facilitates advance care planning conversations and assists with advance directive completion for patients with serious illness.
- NP or PA manages pain and non-pain symptoms in patients with serious illness.
- Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and the primary team to lead goals of care discussions for patients with serious illness.
- Recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families.
- Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant works with the interdisciplinary team to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
- Provides education on concepts related to hospice and palliative care to other clinicians, healthcare administrators, and patients/families.
- Completes, maintains, and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient's condition, care provided, symptom management changes/recommendations, and advance care planning/goals of care discussion documentation.
- Participates in continuing medical education related to palliative medicine.
- Experience as a Palliative Medicine APP (NP or PA) preferred. Will consider applicants with experience as an APP and applicants with considerable nursing experience.
- APP will work primarily at HF West Bloomfield Hospital with some flex rotation working at Henry Ford Hosptial Detroit.
- Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week 8-4:30 pm. Includes occasional rotating weekend shifts and occasional rotating holiday coverage.
GENERAL SUMMARY:
- The Specialty/Invasive Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
- The NP / PA will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, consultation, and care coordination as a first line provider to patients and their families.
- Provides inpatient and/or outpatient medical care. Works in collaboration with attending physicians, advanced practice providers, consultants, house officers, nurses, and other members of the medical care team to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently.
- Specific procedures as per credentialing as indicated by training and experience
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
Master's degree in nursing OR requires a Bachelor's degree and completion of an AMA-approved Physician Assistant program; Licensure as a Physician Assistant
Palliative and/or Hospice experience is preferred,
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED:
- Current certification as a Certified Nurse Practitioner and certified as Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) or Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) OR obtains certification within 2 years of hire. Current State license as a Registered Nurse. -OR - Requires Michigan state licensure and continued certification by the National. Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
- Current BLS. Current ACLS/ATLS/PALS provider status as required by department.
- DEA required before start date
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
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