Advanced Practice Provider; APRN​/PA; Palliative Care & Hospice - Inpatient

The Medical College of Wisconsin's Division of Geriatric & Palliative Care Medicine is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider (APRN/PA) toprovide palliative care within the Inpatient setting
. This position is located in the metro-Milwaukee area at Froedtert Hospital with the potential for occasional coverage at Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital and Froedtert West Bend Hospital
.The Advanced Practice Provider(APP) works as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team who will contribute to excellence in program administration, patient care, patient safety, research, quality improvement, and teaching.

• Join a welcoming, cohesive, collaborative, mission-driven team where your clinical expertise is valued, your learning is supported, and you have real opportunities to teach, contribute to program growth, and make a difference for patients & families at some of life's most important moments
• Practice as part of a multidisciplinary team, hold a collaborative agreement w/ all attending Palliative Care physicians, working alongside nursing & other interdisciplinary clinicians including social work, pharmacy, case management, and chaplaincy
• Perform comprehensive histories & physical exams, order & interpret diagnostic tests, develop pharmacologic & non-pharmacologic symptom management plans, monitor effectiveness of care, and coordinate care & communication
• Opportunity for academics & teaching, including precepting APRN students, supporting symptom management & end-of-life education for medical students & trainees; assist w/ the development of end-of-life training for nursing staff; and contributing to committee work, quality indicators, & the outcomes dashboard

• Full time, 40 hrs./wk., 1.0 fte
• Typical hours are M-F, 8 am - 5 pm, w/ schedule flexibility required to provide for an appropriate level of patient care coverage
• Weekend rotation approximately once every 8 wks. w/ additional pay per shift
• Opportunity to pick up holiday shifts for additional pay per shift
• No on-call

• Built on team-based care and a shared commitment to patients, their caregivers, and the next generation of clinicians
• Our 27 fellowship-trained, board-certified faculty work side-by-side w/ 11 APPs, nurses, fellows, residents, & students, supported by social work, behavioral health, and chaplaincy professionals
• Program founded in 1993, and was one of the first academic palliative care programs in the country
• Lead 2 of the first ACGME-accredited programs of their kind: the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship, and the combined Medicine-Geriatrics Residency & Fellowship
• Known nationally for resources like Palliative Fast Facts & Concepts, and Geriatric Fast Facts, which clinicians around the world use at the point-of-care, and for our regional CME conferences & interprofessional communication training
• Clinical work spans Froedtert Hospital Froedtert Menomonee Falls, the Milwaukee VA, and a growing network of post-acute, hospice, and home-based programs
• Includes inpatient consult services, perioperative consultation, ambulatory clinics, and the VA Community Living Center
• Geriatric and Palliative Medicine | Medical College of Wisconsin

• Experience in palliative care, hospice, or hematology/oncology is preferred, and additional hospice/palliative or oncology certification is valued

• Open to new graduates with nursing experience in palliative care, hospice or hematology/oncology

• Experience in palliative care, hospice, or hematology/oncology is preferred, and additional hospice/palliative or oncology certification is valued.

• Open to new graduates with nursing experience in palliative care, hospice or hematology/oncology

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse: Master's Degree or higher in Nursing from a nationally accredited organization.
• Physician Assistant: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Physician Assistant Studies from an ARC-PA-accredited organization.

• BLS Certified (American Heart Association Basic Life Support)
• DEA Eligibility
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Nurse Practitioner Certification from a nationally accredited professional nursing organization or historical certification equivalent:
  Adult-Gerontology Acute Care NP (AGACNP), Adult-Gerontology Primary Care NP (AGPCNP), Family NP (FNP).
• Physician Assistant Wisconsin Physician Assistant License Certification by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants…