Allegheny Health Network Careers

Job No. 50746

Location: AVH/Forbes

Department: Palliative Care

Status: Full Time

NON UNION

Seeking a full time Nurse Practitioner to assist physicians in busy palliative care settings, located at Allegheny General Hospital in the North Side. Some occasional coverage to partner hospitals, home visits, and outpatient clinics may be required. Part of Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny Clinic.

Allegheny Health Network is an integrated delivery network focused on preserving health care choice and providing affordable, high-quality care to the people in our communities. With more than 14,000 employees including 7,400 health care professionals, nearly 200 primary care and specialty care practices, Allegheny Health Network includes seven hospitals in Pennsylvania with nearly 2,400 licensed beds.

Allegheny Health Network’s clinical expertise ranges from primary care to the most complex surgical procedures. Services include cancer diagnosis and treatment, cardiovascular care, neurological and neurosurgical services, organ transplantation, orthopedic and rehabilitation services, and women’s health.

 Job Summary: Provides primary health, palliative / supportive care and performs selective medical services under the direction of physicians.

 Job Responsibilities:

• Provides appropriate patient care to include recording patient medical history and physical assessment, developing therapeutic care plan, ordering diagnostic tests, interpreting test results, discharge planning and providing accurate medical record documentation.
• Communicates and coordinates patient care with patient, family, community health services and interdisciplinary team.
• Involves attending physician regarding plan of care and involves physician in clinical decision making of any issues that are outside the CRNP's knowledge base or scope of practice.
• Prepares written prescription orders for drugs and controlled substances, administers medication and injections.
• Educates patients and family members regarding health and preventive medicine, medications prescribed, treatment instructions and recommends community resources as appropriate.
• Triages patient telephone calls, provides monitoring and continuity of care.
• Participates, develops, and implements performance and/or quality improvement initiatives.
• Ensures compliance with all regulatory agencies.
• Serves as the clinical expert and acts as a clinical resource.
• May perform other duties such as daily rounding on inpatients; manage outpatient concerns and any other duty specific to specialty.
• Serve as an expert resource on management of pain and other symptoms.
• Assist in the development of new models of care program.
• Develops longitudinal programs that monitor the effectiveness of comprehensive supportive care in high risk patients.
• Follow oncology and other high risk patients throughout their treatment course in various settings.  These settings include inpatient, outpatient clinics, and home visits.
• Work with emergency room clinicians to triage and evaluate patients that are identified as high risk, and those patients already established to the new models of care program.
• Shared on call responsibilities and off hour management could occur after program development. 

Job Requirements:

• Current RN and CRNP Licensure required; ACHPN certification preferred.
• Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver’s license required.