Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner - Waukegan, United States - RAPS Consulting Inc

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Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Salary: $13000/yr - $14000/yr + Benefits

Location: Waukegan, IL

Shift: Mon - Fri (9 am - 5pm)

Work setting: In home.

Your expertise as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner will truly make a difference in people's lives. You will be pivotal in providing clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as managing complex symptoms and medications.

Joining our team means joining a community of dedicated professionals who are committed to excellence and continuous improvement. You'll have access to ongoing training and professional development opportunities, allowing you to expand your skills and stay are the forefront of palliative care.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Clinical Assessments: Conduct Comprehensive assessments of patients with life limiting illness, including physical, psychosocial, and spiritual dimensions.
• Advanced Symptom Management: Utilize advanced knowledge and skills to manage complex symptoms such as pain, dyspnea, nausea, and delirium.
• Medication Management: Prescribe, and adjust medication as needed to control symptoms and minimize side effects.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Lead and participate in interdisciplinary care team meetings, collaborating with physicians, nurses, and other health professionals to coordinate holistic care and address the diverse needs of patients.
• Patient and Family Education: Provide education and support to patients and their families regarding their illness trajectory, treatment options, symptom management strategies, advance care planning, and end of life preferences.
• Oversight to patients plan of care in home settings.
• Collaborating with patient's primary care physicians to provide high quality care at end of life.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Master's degree in nursing or equivalent
• Current license to practice in the state of employment and Controlled Substance.
• Active DEA License with no restrictions as required.
• One plus year of home care or hospice experience
• Hospice and Palliative Care certification preferred.
• Knowledge of the local medical community and the ability to enhance the hospice's visibility and reputation with practicing physicians and hospitals.
• Ability to collaborate with the patient's primary physician to interpret the hospice program and affect optimum medical care.
• Your expertise as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner will truly make a difference in people's lives. You will be pivotal in providing clinical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment, as well as managing complex symptoms and medications.

Job Type: Full-time

Company DescriptionRAPS Consulting Inc is recognized as one of the fastest-growing projects & services companies with its corporate office in Edison, NJ, and extensions established in Canada and India. As a veteran in delivering solutions and staffing needs for IT, Healthcare, and other non-IT sectors, we have carved a special reputation in the industry for IT and staffing solutions. With our simple formula of success, which is to be client-centric, provide a combination of onsite/onshore/offshore solutions models, and deliver it efficiently through the use of specific client-compliant models like HIPPA that protects client's data, we take pride in serving clients with honesty, integrity, and transparency.

Company Description

RAPS Consulting Inc is recognized as one of the fastest-growing projects & services companies with its corporate office in Edison, NJ, and extensions established in Canada and India. As a veteran in delivering solutions and staffing needs for IT, Healthcare, and other non-IT sectors, we have carved a special reputation in the industry for IT and staffing solutions. With our simple formula of success, which is to be client-centric, provide a combination of onsite/onshore/offshore solutions models, and deliver it efficiently through the use of specific client-compliant models like HIPPA that protects client's data, we take pride in serving clients with honesty, integrity, and transparency.