Palliative Nurse Practitioner

The role of the mobile Advanced Practice Clinician (APC) at Finding Home DBA Big Sky Home Health & Hospice is an instrumental position supporting the organization’s mission of providing life chang- ing service. We do this by helping our patients to “Find Home” as they navigate the complex medi- cal system. All APCs at Finding Home are responsible for providing competent, cost-effective, timely and high quality health care services that are within their scope of practice.

• Under the supervision of the Medical Director, effectively deliver the clinical responsibilities and associated operational responsibilities of a 24/7 mobile medical clinic.
• Maintain performance and productivity standards, operational efficiency, excellent customer service and best practice standards.
• Treat acute and routine medical conditions via in person, telephone call or telehealth across all settings (e.g. SNF, ALF and house call visits).
• Demonstrate critical thinking, expert care and best practice standards in the clinical decision-making process.
• Provide care for patients from initial history taking, clinical assessment, diagnosis, prescribing medications and treatments, providing education and evaluation of care.
• Maintain compliance with the established standards of practice of medicine for Advanced Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant in the state of practice.
• Document findings and actions appropriately in the patient’s medical record.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
• Participate in professional development activities and maintain professional affiliations and CME’s.
• Maintain safe work environment for self, patient, family and staff by using appropriate PPE.
• Work collaboratively with Finding Home team members and community partners such as ALF and SNF staff members, patient family members and home health and hospice team members.
• Represent Finding Home in a professional manner and strive to promote a cooperative atmosphere at all times by acting with tact and diplomacy and maintaining a positive attitude.
• Maintain professionalism at all times by being dependable, autonomous and responsible.
• Prioritize workload and utilize work time properly and productively.
• Be humble and possess the ability to accept criticism and/or discipline.

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• All full-time providers seeing assisted living facility (ALF) and home patients will be expected to see an average of 3-8 patients per day.
• All full-time providers seeing skilled nursing facility (SNF) and rehabilitation patients will be expected to see an average of 3-8 patients per day.
  * Visit counts are an average and are provided to establish a baseline expectation. If your visits are coded to receive a higher reimbursement or are MWV, TCM visits, etc., then a lesser visit number may be acceptable. If all visits are 15 min or less follow up visits, then more visits may be required.
• All documentation/notes need to be completed and signed within 7 days of visit.
• Participate in on-call rotation as needed.

• Must have a Master’s degree from an accredited PA or NP program, possess appropriate state licensure, prescriptive authorization, APN authorization and meet credentialing requirements.
• Must be able to pass background check and drug test.
• Maintain a current and valid driver’s license, have access to a reliable form of transportation and be willing to drive in various weather conditions.
• Must be able to read, write and speak English fluently.
• Ability to communicate…