Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Palliative Medicine

The Palliative Medicine Advanced Practice Provider is part of a multidisciplinary team that focuses on improving the quality of life of people with serious, life limiting illnesses through symptom management, support, and shared medical decision making. Along with Physicians, Palliative Care Nurses, Social Workers and Chaplains, the APPs help manage patients with high symptom burden, poor quality of life, psychosocial distress, and/or complex advanced care planning needs in the outpatient clinic, the inpatient setting, and the emergency department.

• Provide comprehensive palliative medicine consultations and follow-up care for patients with serious and life-limiting illnesses.
• Evaluate and manage pain and complex symptoms.
• Conduct goals-of-care discussions and advance care planning conversations.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across oncology, neurology, transplant, critical care, emergency medicine, and other subspecialties.
• Participate in inpatient palliative consultation services and outpatient supportive care clinics.
• Assist with care coordination across healthcare settings.
• Contribute to educational activities involving medical students, residents, fellows, and APP learners.
• Support ongoing quality improvement and program development initiatives.

The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant has advanced health assessment and decision-making skills, prepared through a formal educational program that meets criteria established by the profession.  Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants are certified by examination of an approved certifying body.

This individual works in collaboration with physicians and other health care professionals to provide health care across the continuum of care for assigned patients.  Provides specialty-specific care to individuals and families.  The provision of care includes, but is not limited to: comprehensive assessment, ordering, conducting and interpreting diagnostic tests, prescription of pharmacological agents and treatments, and non-pharmacological therapies.  Nurse Practitioners: Teaching and counseling individuals, families, and groups are an important part of the Nurse Practitioner's practice.  Physician Assistants: Monitors the effectiveness of the therapeutic interventions.  Makes appropriate referrals.  

This individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development of the life span. The ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and appropriately interpret information relative to the patient's age-specific needs is required.  The Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant demonstrates leadership through involvement on committees and team projects, education, and research and actively seeks to improve the practice through performance improvement initiatives.  Active in professional organizations and participates in community activities. The American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Advanced Practice Registered Nursing, the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses, Rules of the Arizona State Board of Nursing are the basis for practice.
 
During the selection process you may participate in an OnDemand (pre-recorded) interview that you can complete at your convenience. During the OnDemand interview, a question will appear on your screen, and you will have time to consider each question before responding. You will have the opportunity to re-record your answer to each question – Mayo Clinic will only see the final recording. The complete interview will be reviewed by a Mayo Clinic staff member and you will be notified of next steps.

1+ years of NP/PA experience required.

Nurse Practitioner: Masters-prepared graduate of an accredited school of nursing and Nurse Practitioner program. Current AZ RN and APRN license and certification as an FNP, ANP or ACNP.  

Physician Assistant: Graduate of accredited Physician Assistant program with current PA certification by NCCPA and registration as a PA by the AZ State Board of Medical Practice.  

Additional Qualifications: 
Active BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross at start date and DEA registration required. 

Compensation Detail: Education, experience and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.