Emergency Department and Hospital - Inpatient Palliative Care; SMH unit - Nurse Pr

Job Location

601 Elmwood Ave, Rochester, New York, United States of America, 14642

Type:
Full time, Regular Time Subtype, Worker Subtype:
Regular Time, Scheduled Weekly

Hours:

40, Department: 500803 Cancer APP, Shift: UR - Rotating (United States of America), Compensation Range: $98,010.00 - $

NP/PA FT position, 8 & 10-hour shifts, mixture of weekdays and weekends per Division policy. Position will include responsibilities primarily in the emergency department embedded palliative care program, with some shifts being spent on the inpatient palliative care service. Inpatient palliative care service responsibilities include caring for patients admitted to the Palliative Care Unit (usually for end-of-life care) and consulting on patients with serious illness at all stages elsewhere in the hospital.

In all settings, the focus will be on helping to manage complicated symptoms, facilitating care goals conversations, providing support to patients, families and colleagues, and helping with discharge planning. Daily activities include consultative and admission work-ups, follow-up visits, team rounding, EHR documentation, and order entry. ED shifts will include triage of appropriate patients, direct consultations for goals of care and symptom management, and care coordination with referrals to outpatient palliative care or hospice when appropriate.

Other responsibilities include participation in clinical and educational conferences and rounds, APP student precepting, multidisciplinary trainee teaching and support, and support of 4-1200 and other hospital Units’ nurses, clinicians and staff.

The candidate must be NYS eligible for NP or PA certification. We are not accepting applications from new graduates for this position unless they have rotated with the palliative care service during their training. Nurse Practitioner Require a Master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner, an active New York State Registered Nurse license in good standing, an active New York State Nurse Practitioner licensure in good standing and current national certification as a Nurse Practitioner.

Physician Assistant Required completion of an ARC-PA approved Physician Assistant program, an active New York State Physician Assistant licensure in good standing and current national certification as a Physician Assistant by NCCPA (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants). NPs and PAs will demonstrate clinical competence, superior verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal effectiveness and customer relation skills, computer competence and must have an active desire to learn.

The APP will participate in the education of learners (students and new employees), using clinical learning experiences, knowledge sharing and skill training.

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