Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care in Alabama
Job at a glance
Job description
Are you a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner, searching for your next perm position? This position with one of VISTA’s healthcare partners in Dothan, Alabama might just be the opportunity for you!
Opportunity Highlights
- Join our well established, hospital-employed group
- 420-bed community hospital serving a population of 600,000+ as the area’s regional trauma center
- Position is supported by our Hospitalist physicians and Nurse Practitioners as well as a team of experienced case managers and a Spiritual Care Director. Ideal candidates will possess or be willing to obtain an ACHPN certification.
- Monday–Friday, 8am–5pm
- No call required and no weekends
- Deliver direct and indirect patient care for palliative care inpatients through comprehensive assessments and aggressive symptom and medication management
- Provide inpatient consultations in critical care, oncology, neurology, cardiology, and general medical and surgical units
- Collaborate with referring providers to coordinate a plan of care
- Conduct goals of care discussions with patients and families to align treatment choices with their wishes
- No outpatient responsibilities
- Competitive compensation dependent on experience with full and comprehensive benefits package
- Dothan is recognized nationally as a best place to raise children and a best place to retire.
- Our community offers a low cost of living, excellent educational facilities, and traditional southern hospitality.
- Serving a population of 600,000, located in southeast Alabama with an easy drive to Florida’s Gulf Coast beaches.
About VISTA Staffing
A ClearlyRated Best of Staffing Client and Talent 10-Year Diamond Award winner, VISTA has 30 years of experience optimizing continuity of care for hospitals, medical practices and government agencies across the US. A leading provider of short-term US locum tenens and permanent physician search services, VISTA partners healthcare providers with facilities who need them most, providing an effective strategy for lessening the impact of the global provider shortage. Our VISTA team goes above and beyond to make healthcare providers feel valued in the job search process and are committed to elevating careers to new heights.
For more information, visit https://www.vistastaff.com.