NP Full-time
PeaceHealth

Nurse Practitioner - Palliative Care

PeaceHealth Vancouver, WA, US
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Job Description

PeaceHealth is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner to join a vibrant Inpatient Palliative Care team in Vancouver, Washington.

At PeaceHealth, Our Vision is that every person receives safe, compassionate care; every time, every touch. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Palliative Care program provides a full continuum of care for patients and their families. Medical, spiritual, and emotional assistance helps patients and their families to ease the symptoms of life-threatening illnesses. Consider coming onto a team that is supportive, helpful, and meaningful. The ideal candidate will have one or more years post graduate experience in Inpatient Palliative Care. Candidates with a Palliative Care Certification are highly desired.

Highlights about the practice:
  • Join a collegial team of two Nurse Practitioners and a Physician Medical Director, seeing ~4-5 patients daily, with support from RNs and MSWs.
  • 100% inpatient and ability to grow the service line in our community.
  • Southwest Medical Center has on-site complex case management teams, social workers, chaplains, and partnerships with the Ray Hickey Hospice House.
  • Full-time schedule; no call or weekend requirements.
  • Epic EMR.

About PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center: The region’s health care leader and steward for 155 years, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit, 450-bed, medical institution located in Vancouver, Washington. Repeatedly recognized nationally as a 100 Top Hospital, PeaceHealth Southwest provides a full range of outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical, and surgical services to Clark County residents. PeaceHealth Southwest is also one of Clark County’s largest employers with 3,400 employees and 600 active medical staff members that help support dozens of medical specialty services and programs, including cancer, heart, emergency, trauma, neuro-musculoskeletal, family birth, and primary care.

Experiencing Vancouver, Washington: Look any direction and the scenery is astounding! Snow-capped mountains, nationally protected evergreen forests, the waterfall-laced Columbia River gorge, and rugged Pacific-coast beaches – all within a short 90-minute drive. The northwest is a dream come true for outdoor enthusiasts. And against that magnificent backdrop, Vancouver and neighboring Portland, Oregon offers all the best amenities of city living. What makes our area so special? A thriving arts scene varied professional sports teams, unique neighborhoods, and a wealth of diverse culinary destinations.

PeaceHealth Benefits & Culture:
  • Competitive compensation guarantee, a generous signing bonus, and relocation assistance.
  • First year salary guarantee: $162,760 - $191,796 depending on direct years of NP experience.
  • PeaceHealth provides fully paid malpractice insurance, Life, and Disability insurances.
  • Exceptional retirement plans, three excellent health coverage options, plus vision, dental and supplemental options.
  • Clinician Wellbeing Program and incentives for healthy lifestyles.
  • Integrated physician and advanced-practice clinician led medical group.
  • PeaceHealth was named one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America and the No. 1 Healthiest Employer in Washington!

About PeaceHealth: Based in Vancouver, WA, is a not-for-profit Catholic health system employing approximately 17,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 1,200 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities in Washington, Oregon, Alaska. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, the legacy of its founding Sisters continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission.

Job Summary

Within scope of practice and in alignment with both hospital staff bylaws and PHMGs physician supervision expectations, responsible for advanced level of nursing evaluation, clinical assessment, prescribing and monitoring medications and follow-up care for patient. Responsible for patient and family teaching.

Essential Functions
  • Effectively identifies, evaluates, and addresses disease prevention and health promotion issues of the population in the practice while administering quality patient care.
  • Works in an independent and interdependent relationship with members of the medical staff, which allows for consultation, collaboration, or referral.
  • Gives directions to nursing and other staff.
  • Prescribes medications and treatments and ongoing medication management. Orders lab and diagnostic tests when appropriate and interprets test results.
  • Educates patients and/or families about preventive care, medical issues, and use of prescribed medical treatments and/or medications.
  • Maintains legible, accurate, and confidential medical records. Documents all medical evaluations, diagnoses, procedures, treatment, outcomes, education, referrals and consultations according to established standards.
  • Analyzes new knowledge gained from conferences, workshops, professional literature, or “hands-on training” and assimilates this knowledge into clinical practice.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education
  • Required : Must fulfill educational requirements to obtain ARNP license in State of Practice

Experience

Credentials
  • Required : Nurse Practitioner - Washington or ability to obtain during onboarding process
  • Required : Drug Enforcement Admin and
  • Required Upon Hire: Basic Life Support and
  • Preferred : Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Skills
  • Demonstrated knowledge of and ability to apply age specific principles of growth and development and life stages to meet each patient’s needs. (Required)
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills (Required)
  • Interpersonal skills necessary to work productively with patient, families, nursing staff, and other departments. (Required)
  • Personal responsibility for ongoing educational growth and collaborating with others to provide solutions for continued patient quality. (Required)

Department / Location Specific Notes

PHSW Palliative Care:
  • Experience dealing with terminally ill patients.
  • Valid driver's license with an automobile that is insured to state regulations and is in good running order.
  • Five years’ advanced nursing practice preferred.
  • Advanced Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN) preferred.

Working Conditions

Environmental Conditions

  • Time spent on site in medical/hospital setting.

Mental/Visual

  • Vision and hearing required within normal limits (glasses, contacts, hearing aids permitted).
  • Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information.

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