Lead Nurse Practitioner

Job DetailsJob Location: Columbia SC - Columbia, SC 29205Position Type: Full TimeTravel Percentage: Up to 50% Job Shift: DayVIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care.  More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider.  We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients’ and families’ needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. We are a people first organization whose funds go to serve our mission. Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story. We provide excellent benefits including: Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS 28 days of Paid Time Off Excellent mileage reimbursement rate  403b Retirement plan with matching Focused programs honoring Veteran patients Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN) Best Orientation and Onboarding program you’ve experienced Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth Essential Functions       • Essential Duties Oversees, directs, and supervises (with the Medical Director) the nurse practitioners of Medical Services programs with VIA Oversees designated regional NP’s. Participates in organizational planning as it pertains to NPs for strategic planning and operational growth. Provides policy and procedure development and oversight. Analyzes Medical Services data to identify trends and makes recommendations for modifications of practice based on analysis.  Assists in the orientating, forecasting, planning, evaluating, and setting of objectives for programmatic services.  Oversees staffing levels and allocates resources as appropriate to meet programmatic needs for hospice and palliative needs.  Assists practice manager in following up on coverage for staff turnover and PTO.  Oversees and develops orientation for nurse practitioners for palliative and hospice with practice manager and chief medical officer.  Ensures ongoing updates to orientation as standards and best practice guidelines change. Conducts monthly 1:1 meeting with designated nurse practitioners to address gaps, concerns and ensure clinical expectations are met.  Any concerns will be directed to the chief medical officer and practice manager.  PRN NP’s will need a meeting once per year to assess engagement to continue participating in employment with HPCCR.  Completes quarterly ride-along with nurse practitioners to ensure updates competencies and clinical standards.  Leads, creates, and participates in nurse practitioner monthly meetings with practice manager and chief medical officer.  Collaborates with AVP’s and supervises medical directors around issues of patient care, supervision, and support of nurse practitioners.  Participates in regular departmental meetings for updates and best practices.  Ensures compliance with legal, regulatory clinical policies, protocols and procedure based off NC/SC nursing practice.  Ensures NC monthly quality supervisory. Assists with the training, onboarding, and development of nurse practitioners.  Monitors monthly productivity standards of nurse practitioners, including visits and billing expectations.  Monitors and evaluates nurse practitioner competency in documenting in the EMR (HCHB) Monitors and ensures team dynamics in supervising NP teams, ie. Nursing SW interactions Ensures supervising NPs uphold HPCCR conduct and standards of practice Serves on committees as appropriate per CMO & COO direction. Serves on regional hospice and palliative care work groups as assigned. Provides community education on topics about palliative and end of life care. Participates in ongoing professional development. Maintains own clinical competency by having 0.2-.4 clinical time. Participates in on-call rotation of NP’s. Participates in quarterly meetings with CMO & COO May perform other duties as required. QualificationsMinimum Qualifications Minimum 1 year related experience.  Experience in direct care of patients with life limiting illnesses required.  Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics, oncology; home health care; medical surgical.