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Overview
Per Diem rates:
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In-person initial visit $180
In-person follow-up visit $100
Telehealth follow-up visit $70
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Per diem coverage: The New Jewish Home in Manhattan and for community cases: Manhattan and Brooklyn. These geographies may change over time as census changes and as staff may be reassigned to different territories.
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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 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.
The MJHS Difference
At MJHS, we are more than a workplace; we are a supportive community committed to excellence, respect, and providing high-quality, personalized health care services. We foster collaboration, celebrate achievements, and promote fairness for all. Our contributions are recognized with comprehensive compensation and benefits, career development, and the opportunity for a healthy work-life balance, advancement within our organization and the fulfillment of having a lasting impact on the communities we serve.MJHS companies are qualified employers under the Federal Government’s Paid Student Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
Responsibilities
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 Nurse Practitioner (NP) provider is one of a group of MDs and NPs who staff palliative care consultation services that function as programs of MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care.  The NP Provider may work in a nursing home, hospital or community environment.  Specialist skills in symptom management, communication including goal setting discussions, and hospice eligibility review, and may work independently or as part of a treatment team.  Initial patient encounters are in response to consultation requests, and the initial consultation may be followed by one or more visits, as appropriate to the referral questions and status of the patient and family.  The care plan advanced by the NP Provider aims to prevent or mitigate illness burden for the patient and family.  Each encounter comports with best practices of specialist palliative care, including history-taking, appropriate examination, formulation and care planning, treatment recommendation or implementation, communication, and documentation.  Other responsibilities include developing quality initiatives, educating staff, and supporting hospice operations through participation in the provider on call rotation and performance of face to face encounters as needed.Â- Implements specialist palliative care consultation services as a provider.
- Maintains effective communication with referral sources.
Performs timely, accurate and compliant documentation.
Identifies self- learning needs and outlines a plan for continuing education.
Demonstrates a professional, courteous, and respectful attitude in dealing with referral sources, healthcare professionals, patients and family members.
Performs other clinical or administrative tasks consistent with professional scope of practice.
Performs other clinical or administrative tasks consistent with scope of practice from time to time, as requested by management.
Qualifications
• Master's degree in Nursing and Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner Program required.  • Minimum of 1-year clinical experience as a NP provider preferred.  Hospice, Palliative Care and/or Geriatric nursing or NP experience preferred. Â
• New York State RN licensure, Certified Adult, Family, Gerontology, or Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner required.• CPR-BLS and valid NYS Driver's license preferred.• 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.• Ability to travel within the assigned geographic area to provide patient care.• 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.
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USD $90.00/Yr.Max
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