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NP Provider Hospice & Palliative Care (Pediatric)

MJHS
  • US
    Bronx, New York, United States
  • US
    Bronx, New York, United States
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$15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance!

This field-based position will cover the following locations: Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau.

MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own employees.

Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We offer a broad range of services in the community or facility-based to help patients and their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness or end of life care.
The Pediatric NP Provider Hospice/Palliative Care has two primary responsibilities.
  • He/she will provide NP-appropriate service to patients enrolled in hospice and may also assist in staffing pediatric palliative care consultation services that function as a program of MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care
  • He/she may work in a community, long-term care environment, or hospital
  • He/she has specialist skills in symptom management, communication including goal setting discussions, and hospice eligibility review, and he/she may work independently or as part of a treatment team
  • In all settings, he/she will provide in-person visits or telehealth visits, as appropriate. Care will consistently comport with best practices, including history-taking, appropriate examination, formulation and care planning, treatment recommendation or implementation, communication, and documentation
  • In the role as hospice NP, he/she will coordinate with the team physician and manager and will be responsible for face-to-face evaluations for hospice eligibility, and the assessment and management of hospice patients in need of exigent medical care
  • He/she will also contribute to the training of the hospice team, providing support for the interdisciplinary team, as needed
  • He/she will also help build a teaching curriculum on pediatric aspects of hospice care that will be of use to our hospice workers who are engaged in pediatric care through cross coverage or for when young adolescents are incorporated into adult hospice teams
  • In providing both direct care and support to other clinicians, the NP will use an evidence-based approach to management and to the use of materials and policies/procedures
  • Other activities related to quality improvement projects may also be required, as appropriate
  • Master’s degree in nursing and graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner
    Program required
  • License/Certification: NYS Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP)
  • Minimum of 1-year clinical experience as a NP provider preferred
  • Pediatric RN or NP experience strongly preferred
  • Prior experience working as a member of a specialist-level palliative care
    team or working in a hospice environment preferred.
  • CPR-BLS
  • Driver license and car required
  • Hospice & Palliative Care certification strongly encouraged by year 2 of hire
  • Microsoft Word and Excel
  • Ability to work flexible hours to meet the needs of the position
  • Ability to coordinate the resources and personnel involved in a comprehensive interdisciplinary team environment.
  • Possess teaching, communication, and listening skills.
  • Ability to work non-judgmentally with patient / family members of any culture, religion, socio-economic background, or lifestyle.
  • A high degree of accountability
  • Excellent communication, listening, and organizational skills
  • Ability to work within an integrated health care team
  • Ability to demonstrate effective critical thinking skills
  • Ability to problem solve independently
  • Bronx, New York, United States

Languages

  • English
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