Nurse Practitioner, Hospice, Full-Time

Job overview

The Nurse Practitioner, Hospice, Full-Time role is listed in Sebring, FL. The work arrangement is not specified. The annual salary range is $95,686–$143,530. Amedisys, part of the Optum family, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The nurse practitioner provides patient-centered care for people with life-limiting illnesses, focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life. Patient assessments, symptom management, diagnostic evaluation, and collaboration with the interdisciplinary team support care plans for patients and families through end-of-life care.

What you'll do

• Communicate significant findings and changes to the clinical manager, attending physician, and interdisciplinary team
• complete face-to-face encounters and assess disease changes, function, symptom-regimen effectiveness, coping, and quality of life
• order and review appropriate diagnostic procedures and document treatment plans
• review results with the collaborating physician
• refer to other disciplines as indicated
• participate in interdisciplinary team conferences.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

nurse practitioner

hospice

sebring fl

optum

amedisys

full-time

patient-centered care

palliative symptom management

face-to-face encounters

interdisciplinary team

prescriptive authority

$95,686–$143,530 annually

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401(k) contribution, subject to eligibility.

Why this role

Requires an active, unencumbered state Nurse Practitioner license and authority to practice and prescribe, Medicare billing privileges, required collaborative physician arrangements and insurance, current CPR certification, and at least one year of NP experience or one year of hospice RN experience within the last three years.

About the employer

Optum is hiring for this role. Industry: Home Health Care Services. Sector: 62.