Palliative Care- Nurse Practitioner/ Physician Assistant- Piedmont Fayette

Overview:

Advanced Practice Provider – Palliative Care

Piedmont Healthcare is recruiting for a full-time Palliative Care Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to work at our Piedmont Fayette Hospital.

Responsibilities:

In this role, your essential functions will be:

• Serve as an advanced practice nurse/physician assistant in palliative care
• Collect and analyze all medical information (assessment, screening, diagnostic testing results, and prognostic indicators); develop diagnosis and treatment care plan for patient/family.
• Maintain appropriate documentation and dictation of inpatient medical records.
• Participate in the advanced care planning and education of patients, families, and the community.
• Promote clinical competency through interdisciplinary education for staff related to the service
• Serves as a consultant to the nursing staff, physicians, and other healthcare providers
• Perform planning, contracts, public education, and ethics functions.
• Provide information to palliative physicians engaged in consultations for hospitalized patients needing acute palliative or hospice palliative care.
• Communicate with patient, family, palliative care interdisciplinary team, and other health care team members.
• Collaborate with attending physicians, hospital staff, consultants, palliative physicians, and hospice medical directors regarding patient care, treatments, and services.

Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications

Three years of nursing experience in the specialty area of internal medicine/palliative care or ICU experience with demonstrated clinical competence. Demonstrated commitment to the philosophy, mission, and objectives of palliative and end-of-life care. Ability to articulate the concepts of palliative care to diverse audiences.

Minimum Education/Licensure Required:

PA: Graduate of a Physician Assistants program with current license for the Georgia State Composite Board and Licensure as a Physician's Assistant by the National Board of Medical Examiners

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NP: Graduate from a school of nursing with current Georgia license for Advanced Practice Nursing and a Master’s degree in Nursing

Business Unit : Company Name: Piedmont Medical Care Corporation