NP/PA - Palliative Care Inpatient APP - Grand Rapids, MI

The Inpatient Palliative Care team is seeking a compassionate Advanced Practice Provider (NP or PA) to join them providing consults to hospitalized adult patients. You will join a growing group of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, chaplains, and social workers along with administrative support. Qualities needed for this role are compassion, flexibility, and a true desire to help your patients. 4 days per week with limited weekend coverage. People are at the heart of everything we do, and the inspiration for our legacy of outstanding outcomes, innovation, strong community partnerships, philanthropy, and transparency. Corewell Health is a not-for-profit health system that provides health care and coverage with an exceptional team of 65,000+ dedicated people-including more than 12,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and more than 15,500 nurses providing care and services in 21 hospitals, 300+ outpatient locations and several post-acute facilities-and Priority Health, a provider-sponsored health plan serving more than 1.3 million members. Through experience and collaboration, we are reimagining a better, more equitable model of health and wellness.

Essential Functions:

Functions in the role of advanced practitioner to coordinate comprehensive care delivery. Writes orders/prescriptions for standard formulary medications, laboratory, radiographic studies and consultations, coordinating the scheduling of admissions, diagnostic evaluations, follow-up exams, laboratory tests, referrals to home care, social services, and other community agencies, etc., in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services. Obtains histories and performs physical exams. Assesses the patient's/significant other's, health care team's, school's and other community educational needs and develops, implements, evaluates and revises teaching strategies/educational programs related to area of specialty. Ensures that operations are in compliance with professional standards, applicable laws, accreditation, compliance/regulatory requirements and that organizational goals are being followed. Practices in accordance with the Michigan Public Health Code. Delivers care in a manner that is culturally sensitive and preserves patient autonomy, dignity and rights. Acts as a patient advocate, crossing multidisciplinary lines to meet patient needs Communicates, collaborates, networks with and acts as a consultant to other members of the health care team within and outside Spectrum Health. Acts as a consult in area of expertise. Performs and assists with designated procedures. Documents in the medical record and dictates information as appropriate. Provides input into the strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of service/program. Measures the outcomes of care and evaluate services across the continuum of inpatient to outpatient services. Makes recommendations to improve the quality of patient care provided and utilizes the scientific method to research clinical problems.

Qualifications:

Nurse Practitioner:

Required Master's Degree Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a master's, post-master's or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission 3 years of relevant experience current, relevant clinical experience Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role as a Nurse Practitioner LIC-Nurse Practitioner (NP)

• State of Michigan CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS)

Physician Assistant:

Required Master's Degree Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant educational program LIC-Physician Assistant

• State of Michigan CRT-Physician Asst Certified (PA-C)
• NCCPA National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) How Corewell Health cares for you Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.

Learn more here. On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv Discounts directory with deals on the things that matter to you, like restaurants, phone plans, spas, and more! Optional identity theft protection, home and auto insurance Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and match savings Eligibility for benefits is determined by employment type and status Primary Location SITE

• Lemmen-Holton Cancer Pavilion
• 145 Michigan St NE
• Grand Rapids Department Name Palliative Inpatient
• Medical Group West Employment Type Full time Shift Day (United States of America) Weekly Scheduled Hours 40 Hours of Work 8a-6:50p Days Worked M-F Weekend Frequency Variable weekends

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