Advanced Practice - Palliative Care opening: Richmond, IN
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician Assistant
Specialty
Hospice/Palliative Medicine
Degree Required
MPAS/MHS/MMSc/MPH
Position Type
Permanent/Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
Richmond, Indiana, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
4/15/24
Palliative Care NP Opening in Indiana
- Join highly skilled team!
- Inpatient
This opportunity will allow APP to provide care to the physical, functional, psychological, and spiritual needs of individuals presenting with a serious illness.
Focusing on a person-family-centered approach to care by providing symptom relief from the stress and burden of a disease process.
Health center is located in east central Indiana with all the advantages of a single hospital community, low managed care environment, great working environment and excellent medical staff.
Position Details:
- Performs history and physical examinations on patients.
- Dictates appropriate hospital reports in a timely manner
- Establishes presumptive diagnoses, establishes the general work up of the patient by ordering appropriate laboratory studies and is responsible under the physicians supervision for the management of the patients problems following diagnosis.
- Initiates appropriate laboratory, radiological and special examinations or test required for the evaluation.
- Provides counseling and instruction regarding patient problems, referring patients to other services.
- Provides follow up care to patients per physicians plan of care
- Coordinates care with discharge planners: Nursing Homes, etc.
Qualifications:
- Experience with end of life and chronic illness
- Compassion for ill patients
- Great communication skills
- Licensure: Indiana Medical License
- Certifications: Must maintain BLS/ACLS
Compensation Details:
- Competitive base salary
- Student loan repayment up to $30K + qualifying PSLF site
- Excellent benefits package with malpractice and tail coverage
- Benefits: 403b with company match, health/dental/vision
- Paid vacation annually
- $2.5K annual CME allowance
- Forest Hills Country Club Family Social Membership