Hospice Nurse Practitioner

The Nurse Practitioner will serve in a dual Hospice and Palliative Care role. In this position, they will provide comprehensive, patient-centered care across the continuum of serious illness, supporting patients in both palliative and hospice settings. The role includes a blend of hospice and palliative responsibilities with flexibility based on patient census and program needs.

The Nurse Practitioner will deliver advanced clinical care, perform patient management visits and hospice Face-to-Face (F2F) encounters for eligibility certification and recertification, and partner closely with physicians and interdisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality, compliant, and compassionate care. This role blends autonomy with collaboration, allowing you to guide patients and families through complex medical decision-making, symptom management, and end-of-life care.

Essential Functions of Position

Clinical Management

• Complete all visit types for patients on services, including Medicare-required hospice Face-to-Face (F2F) visits within CMS established regulatory time frames, History & Physical/Initial Comprehensive visits, Problem-focused Symptom Management visits, Admission visits, Goals of Care discussions, and routine follow up visits.
• Collaborate with Hospice and Palliative Medical Directors and interdisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive, patient-centered care.
• Collaborate with Primary Care Provider (PCP)/Attending Provider and specialists (if applicable) to coordinate patient Plan of Care
• Perform in-depth patient assessments, including physical, emotional, functional, and psychosocial evaluations.
• Support individualized care plans in partnership with the patients, families, caregivers, and IDG/IDT.
• Assist with and/or manage all aspects of patient care including diagnosis, acute and chronic symptoms, treatment, medication management, assessments, longitudinal serious illness support, quality-of-life optimization, and consultations, while reducing avoidable or unnecessary acute care utilization.
• Prescribe medications and treatments, including controlled substances, as permitted by state law and federal regulation and within defined parameters of Independent Practice or a Collaborative Practice Agreement.
• Order and interpret laboratory and other diagnostic tests within the state defined scope of practice and Collaborative Practice Agreement.
• Facilitate goals-of-care discussions, advance care planning, and level of care transitions when appropriate.
• Coordinate care across settings, including home, skilled nursing facilities, and assisted living.
• Initiate referrals to supportive services and community resources as needed.
• Utilize Local Coverage Determination (LCD) criteria to support hospice eligibility and recertification.
• Document clinical findings accurately and attest F2F encounters in the medical record in compliance with regulatory standards.
• Communicate findings, treatment plans, diagnostics, and medication reviews with IDG/IDT.
• Provide clinical recommendations to the interdisciplinary group (IDG) based on assessment findings.
• Ensure alignment with Medicare, Medicaid, and accrediting body requirements (e.g., ACHC).
• Notify appropriate team members promptly of any barriers to completing scheduled visits.
• Provide patient care and visit coverage across multiple provider numbers, as needed and approved.
• Maintain comprehensive0 knowledge in the field of hospice and palliative care.

Collaboration & Communication

• Partner effectively with physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains, and other IDG/IDT members.
• Communicate clearly and compassionately with patients, caregivers, and families.
• Support patients and families through serious illness and end-of-life transitions with empathy and clinical expertise.
• Participate in on-call rotation as needed.

Documentation & Compliance

• Maintain timely, accurate, and compliant clinical documentation.
• Adhere to all federal, state, and organizational regulations, including OSHA and hospice Conditions of Participation.
• Demonstrate understanding of hospice eligibility, documentation standards, and Part B billing practices (as applicable).

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