Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant/Palliative Care/Detroit/Days/Full Time
- 1. Performs comprehensive assessments of physical, psychological, and spiritual concerns in patients with serious illness and their families.
2. Facilitates advance care planning conversations and assists with advance directive completion for patients with serious illness.
3. Manages pain and non-pain symptoms in patients with serious illness.
4. Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and the primary team to lead goals of care discussions for patients with advanced illness.
5. Recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families. Works in cooperation with the interdisciplinary team to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
6. Works with palliative medicine RN to respond to patient phone calls and needs after hospital discharge and in between clinic visits.
7. Provides education on concepts related to hospice and palliative care to other clinicians, healthcare administrators, and patients/families.
8. Works with ambulatory palliative medicine team and leadership to increase referrals to palliative medicine clinic and for video visits, improve clinic operations, and participates in clinic quality improvement projects.
9. Collaborates with home health palliative care team to most effectively care for clinic patients.
10. Along with other palliative medicine team members, represents palliative medicine on Cancer Institute committees.
11. 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.
12. For NPs: Possesses Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification from the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA) or obtains certification within 2 years of hire, possess
13. Participates in continuing medical education related to palliative medicine and oncology.
Requires Master's Degree in Nursing; licensure as a Certified Nurse Practitioner; licensure as a Registered Nurse -OR- completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program and licensure in the state of Michigan as a Physician Assistant - BCLS Certification
- Certification in one of the following: ANA certification exam in a nursing specialty field; National Certification Corporation (NCC); National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Associates; and/or certification from Michigan State Board of Nursing as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) -OR- licensure in the state of Michigan as a Physician Assistant
- A minimum of 1 year working as an APP is preferred
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.
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