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APRN Palliative Care Consults
We invite you to take a bold step with us. Join the team that's offering expert care, peace of mind, comfort, guidance, and hope to people affected by serious illness or grief around Kansas City. At Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care, we work together - one team, one vision, that each person in our community is valued from life through death and each family is supported in their grief.
We Strive to be the Best Place to Work:
Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits package
Regular Monday-Friday daytime schedule (8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.) with shared evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday call rotation among the APRN team
Practice in collaborative partner hospital and outpatient palliative care clinic settings
A supportive culture focused on teamwork, communication, accountability, and continuous improvement
An organization committed to helping team members provide exceptional patient care while supporting a healthy work-life balance
Position Description:
The APRN provides palliative care consultations in a hospital and clinic settings and collaborates with physicians and other hospital and hospice staff to provide comprehensive and quality care services to patients. The APRN engages in independent decision making regarding a patient's healthcare concerns and works with autonomy, within their scope of service, under the medical oversight of KCH&PC's Medical Director and oversight from the Palliative Care Medical Director program with a partner hospital.
The Ideal Candidate Will Possess the Following Requirements: Master's degree in Nursing and appropriate designation as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN).
Knowledge of health education theory and practice; clinical operations and procedures; current principles, methods and procedures for the delivery of medical evaluation, diagnosis and treatment in hospice and palliative care.
Valid, unencumbered APRN license in Missouri and Kansas required.
Valid NPI and DEA numbers.
Two (2) to four (4) years prior RN experience in a medical specialty involved in the care and treatment of patients diagnosed with serious, advanced or terminal illnesses, Oncology, Pain & Symptom Management, Palliative Care, and/or Hospice care, required.
One (1) year prior APRN work experience, preferred.
Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite, preferred.
Prior working knowledge of Electronic Medical Systems (EMRs) required; prior experience with Cerner preferred.
Valid CPR with hands-on certification required.
Our Benefit Offerings Include:
Insurance: Medical Insurance HRA, Dental, Vision, Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Voluntary Life, Short and Long Term Disability, Accident and Critical Illness, Pre-Paid Legal and Identity Theft, Pet Insurance
Time Off: Generous PTO accrual program, Generous Bereavement Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Day
Tuition Assistance and Reimbursement Programs: Tuition Assistance
Additionally 2-Year Loan Assistance Agreement
Federal Student Loan (Perkins Loan) Forgiveness: As a Benefit of working at Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care, a qualified employer non-profit organization, you may be eligible for student loan forgiveness. Contact your lender for additional information.
Career Growth and Annual Scholarship opportunities including Certified Hospice Palliative Nurse (CHPN) reimbursement, Company paid CEU's and ongoing training
And More!!! : Company Paid Employee Assistance Program offering 10 sessions per year, per event, Flexible Spending Account, Mileage Reimbursement, 403b Retirement Savings Plan and Company Match, Generous Employee Referral Program
** All benefits are available to regular full-time employees hired to work 60 hours or more per pay period, benefits offered differ for PT employees
Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care is an equal-opportunity, drug-free employer committed to diversity in the workplace. We don't just accept differences-we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, our patients, and our community. Our diversity defines us. It binds us. It makes us great.
Worksite address
kansas city, MO, 64101, US
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