NP-PA-Supportive Care Hospice
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Southcoast Health System, Inc.
Fairhaven, MA, US
Summary
The practitioner will collaborate with physicians and the palliative care team to deliver hospice and supportive care services to patients and families. Responsibilities include performing bedside evaluations, managing acute and chronic conditions, and providing education to patients and caregivers.
Job Description
Overview
Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, charitable, health system with multiple hospitals, clinics and facilities throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Nestled in local communities, Southcoast Health provides inclusive, ethical workplaces where our highly skilled caregivers offer world-class, comprehensive healthcare close to home.
Find out for yourself why Southcoast Health has been voted ‘Best Place to Work’ for 7 years in a row!
We are searching for a talented Advanced Practice Practitioner to join our Health at Home – Supportive Care Hospice – Palliative Consulting Team.
Hours: Full-time - 40 hours 8A – 4:30P Monday - FridayShift: Day – no weekend, holiday or on-call
A career at Southcoast Health offers you:
- A culture of well-being that embraces, respects, and celebrates the rich diversity of one another and the communities we serve
- Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits package
- Generous Earned Time Off Package**
- Employee Wellbeing Program
- 403B Retirement Plan with company match
- Tuition assistance / Federal Loan Forgiveness programs
- Professional growth opportunities and customized leadership training
**Available to regular status employees who are scheduled to work a minimum of 24 hours.
Southcoast Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
- Under direction of the Director of Supportive Care Services or designee, work in collaboration with a Physician, and other palliative care team members, in an active practice to deliver hospice care and related health care services to patients and families.
- Perform a wide variety of duties including but not limited to bedside patient/family evaluation, assisting with diagnosis, treatment and management of acute and chronic health conditions, educating/counseling patients, families, and/or caregivers as to preventative care, medical problems, etc, and serving as a nursing resource for education and consultation to members of the interdisciplinary team.
Qualifications
- Requires a Masters of Science Degree in Nursing.
- Certification from a national accrediting body to practice as a Nurse Practitioner is required.
- Current RN license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts & Rhode Island is required.
- Minimum of 5 years nursing experience with clinical nursing care in oncology, hospice, geriatrics and/or intensive care preferred.
- A minimum of one-year Nurse Practitioner experience.
- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care required. Must possess current CPR certification
- Certification from a national accrediting body to practice as a Nurse Practitioner is required.
- Current RN license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is required.
- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care required.
- Must possess current CPR certification.
Pay Range
USD $59.41 - USD $71.45 /Hr.
Founded in 1996, Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As the largest provider of primary and specialty care in the region, the Southcoast Health System includes three acute care hospitals – Charlton Memorial in Fall River, St. Luke’s in New Bedford and Tobey in Wareham, Massachusetts with a physician network of more than 900 providers.
The system has established more than 55 service locations across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including seven urgent care locations, Southcoast Health at Home, two Cancer Care locations, the region’s only Level II Adult Trauma Center and numerous ancillary facilities.
With nearly 8,600 employees, Southcoast Health is the largest employer in southeastern Massachusetts, and one of the largest employers in the Commonwealth. Please visit www.southcoast.org to learn more.
Founded
1996
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Founded in 1996, Southcoast Health is a not-for-profit, community-based health system in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
As the largest provider of primary and specialty care in the region, the Southcoast Health System includes three acute care hospitals – Charlton Memorial in Fall River, St. Luke’s in New Bedford and Tobey in Wareham, Massachusetts with a physician network of more than 900 providers.
The system has established more than 55 service locations across the South Coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including seven urgent care locations, Southcoast Health at Home, two Cancer Care locations, the region’s only Level II Adult Trauma Center and numerous ancillary facilities.
With nearly 8,600 employees, Southcoast Health is the largest employer in southeastern Massachusetts, and one of the largest employers in the Commonwealth. Please visit www.southcoast.org to learn more.
Founded
1996
Company size
5,001-10,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New Bedford, Massachusetts
