Sharp Healthcare

Not-for-profit integrated health care system

Nurse Practitioner-Palliative Care

Advanced Practice ProvidersConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeChula Vista, CA, USA$80.44 - $116.24 /hr

About the Job

Requirements

A Master's Degree in Nursing or equivalent is required.
A California Registered Nurse license is required.
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals certification is required.
A California Nurse Practitioner certificate is required.
DEA Controlled Substance Registration is required.
Strong computer skills at an expert level are required.
Strong advanced nursing skills, time management, critical thinking, communication, and physician collaboration skills are required.
Ability to speak and understand English and Spanish well, both written and verbal, is required.

Responsibilities

Assist inpatient physicians and other healthcare team members in managing care for patients with serious, life-limiting illness, regardless of stage.
Collaborate with patients, families, medical team members, and other health team members to support prompt intervention, the plan of care, and communication between acute and primary providers.
Recommend and coordinate post-acute follow-up, consultations, and referrals.
Educate patients and families about the expected course of the inpatient stay.
Participate in continuing education, quality improvement, and utilization management programs.
Collaborate with physicians, staff, patients, families, and internal and external customers to support patient and hospital outcomes.
Serve as a consultant to individuals and groups within the profession, lay communities, and other hospitals or institutions.
Provide administration with ideas and strategies to improve quality, financial, or customer service outcomes.
Assist staff with implementing patient improvement processes.
Assist with formal nursing staff education on new procedures and methods affecting patient care delivery and outcomes.
Provide informal education while delivering direct patient care.
Support patient and family education by providing information and helping staff develop or revise educational materials.
Precept students and new staff.
Identify learning needs of the serious life-limiting illness or palliative care population and help develop educational programs and resources.
Document patient encounters in the electronic medical record and review summary reports at least quarterly.
Report outcomes to leadership, physicians, and staff at least annually.
Coordinate with staff to set patient-centered goals and meet outcomes.
Conduct rounds to evaluate care, identify problems, and initiate actions for patients with serious, life-limiting illness within scope of practice and credentialing requirements.
Use advanced nursing skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate symptom management and goals of care.
Communicate with personnel at all levels and with patients and families to coordinate timely patient care and discharge.
Facilitate ethical decision-making in patient care.
Anticipate patient outcomes and take appropriate action to ensure or minimize deviations in care.
Develop skills to remain current with specialty practice and technological advances as negotiated with a supervisor.
Participate in research studies as negotiated with a supervisor.
Disseminate practice outcomes to the professional community through presentations, conference participation, or publishing as negotiated with a supervisor.

Desired Qualifications

Three years of Nurse Practitioner experience is preferred.
Family Nurse Practitioner certification (FNP-BC) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is preferred.
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified (GNP-BC) certification from the American Nurses Credentialing Center is preferred.

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

10/40 - 10 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

As Needed

On-Call Required:

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$80.440 - $103.790 - $116.240

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices.

What You Will Do
Assists inpatient physicians and other members of the healthcare team in managing the care of patients with serious, life-limiting illness regardless of stage at Sharp HealthCare. Collaborates with patients, families, the medical team and other health team members to ensure prompt intervention to support the plan of care and facilitate communication between acute and primary providers. Recommends and coordinates post-acute follow-up, consults, and referrals. Educates patients and families regarding expected course for inpatient stay. Participates in continuing education programs and quality improvement programs and utilization management.

Required Qualifications

Master's Degree in Nursing or equivalent.
California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
California Nurse Practitioner (NP) Certificate - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
DEA Controlled Substance Registration - U.S. Department of Justice -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

3 Years Nurse Practitioner experience.
Family Nurse Practitioner - ANCC (FNP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center -PREFERRED
Gerontological Nurse Practitioner-Board Certified (GNP-BC) - American Nurses Credentialing Center -PREFERRED

Essential Functions

Collaboration
Demonstrates collaboration with physicians, staff, patients, families, and all other internal and external customers to ensure patient and hospital outcomes.
Serves as a consultant to individuals and groups within the profession, lay communities, and other hospitals/institutions.
Provides ideas and strategies to administration for improvement in quality, financial, or customer service outcomes.
Assists staff with implementation of patient improvement processes.
Education
Assists in the provision of formal education to the nursing staff on new procedures, methods, etc. effecting patient care delivery and outcomes.
Provides informal education while providing direct patient care.
Assists in the provision of patient/family education by providing information to patient/family and assisting staff with development or revisions of educational materials.
Precepts students and/or new staff.
Identifies learning needs of the serious life-limiting illness or palliative care population and assists in the development of educational programs/resources.
Outcomes Management/Documentation
Documents patient encounters in electronic medical record and reviews summary report at least quarterly.
Reports outcomes to leadership, physicians, and staff at least annually.
Patient care
Coordinates with staff in setting patient centered goals to meet outcomes.
Conducts rounds to evaluate care, identify problems, and initiate actions for patients with serious, life-limiting illness per scope of practice and the credentialing process.
Utilizes advanced nursing skills to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate management of symptoms and goals of care.
Communicates with all levels of personnel and patient/family to coordinate and facilitate timely patient care and discharge.
Facilitates the ethical decision making in patient care.
Anticipates patient outcomes and takes appropriate action to ensure or minimize deviations in care.
Professional development
Develops skills to keep current with specialty practice and technological advances as negotiated with supervisor.
Participate in research studies as negotiated with supervisor.
Disseminates practice outcomes to the professional community through presentations, conference participation or publishing as negotiated with supervisor.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Expert level in computer skills.
Strong advanced nursing skills and excellent time management, strong critical thinking, strong communication, strong physician collaboration skills. Speaks and understands English and Spanish well, both written and verbal.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

About the Company

Sharp Healthcare

Not-for-profit integrated health care system

Sharp HealthCare is a not-for-profit, integrated health system in the San Diego area that operates four acute-care hospitals, three specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups, and a health plan to provide primary and specialty care across services like cancer treatment, cardiovascular care, orthopedic surgery, and women’s health. Its network links hospitals, clinics, physicians, and a health plan to deliver coordinated care from prevention to treatment. Unlike many providers, Sharp reinvests its profits into community health initiatives, combining hospital care, physician groups, and an insurance-like plan within one not-for-profit system. Its goal is to improve the health and well-being of the San Diego population through high-quality, coordinated care.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Founded: 1946

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