Nurse Practitioner Physician Assistant Palliative Care Days Full Time West Bloomfield and Detroit

Great Opportunity to have work/life balance and learning within an academic healthcare institution!

• As part of the interdisciplinary palliative medicine team, the Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant provides comprehensive palliative medicine consultation to patients with serious illness in the inpatient setting.
• Provides comprehensive palliative care assessments, pain and symptom management, assistance with clarifying goals of care, and counseling to patients with serious illness and their families.
• APP Performs comprehensive assessments of physical, psychological, and spiritual concerns in patients with serious illness and their families.
• Facilitates advance care planning conversations and assists with advance directive completion for patients with serious illness.
• NP or PA manages pain and non-pain symptoms in patients with serious illness.
• Works in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team and the primary team to lead goals of care discussions for patients with serious illness.
• Recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families.
• Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant works with the interdisciplinary team to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
• Provides education on concepts related to hospice and palliative care to other clinicians, healthcare administrators, and patients/families.
• Completes, maintains, and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient's condition, care provided, symptom management changes/recommendations, and advance care planning/goals of care discussion documentation.
• Participates in continuing medical education related to palliative medicine.
• Experience as a Palliative Medicine APP (NP or PA) preferred. Will consider applicants with experience as an APP and applicants with considerable nursing experience.
• APP will work primarily at HF West Bloomfield Hospital with some flex rotation working at Henry Ford Hosptial Detroit.
• Monday-Friday, 40 hours per week 8-4:30 pm. Includes occasional rotating weekend shifts and occasional rotating holiday coverage.

GENERAL SUMMARY:

• The Specialty/Invasive Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) will work in a collaborative, multidisciplinary environment.
• The NP / PA will be responsible for the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, consultation, and care coordination as a first line provider to patients and their families.
• Provides inpatient and/or outpatient medical care. Works in collaboration with attending physicians, advanced practice providers, consultants, house officers, nurses, and other members of the medical care team to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently.
• Specific procedures as per credentialing as indicated by training and experience