Hospice Nurse Practitioner

Can you be a real, true friend? Is it your nature to be open, listen deeply, know your heart, respond genuinely, and care as only a real friend cares? If so, we want to meet you.

Dover Hospice, a regional healthcare provider and true friend of adults facing terminal illnesses, seeks a service-minded, career-oriented individual to join our team as a  Hospice Nurse   Practitioner at our Chicago location.

When you join Dover Hospice, you become part of a team that is not only dedicated to their patients, but to each other as well. Here, you will make a difference each and every day as you work alongside a supportive team.

As a Hospice Nurse Practitioner,  you will impact the lives of our patients by –

• Complementing attending physician care
• Act as a medical resource person to the IDG
• Performing Face-to-face visits as needed
• Evaluating hospice eligibility as assigned in consultation with the hospice IDT
• Assuring the patient receives appropriate measures to control uncomfortable symptoms
• Patient visits to wherever the patient calls home
• Collaborating with IDG to ensure the needs of the patient are met
• Supports clinical and administrative staff in providing compassionate care
• Ensures that the patient meets the medical criteria for hospice admission based upon available diagnostic and prognostic indicators, related diagnosis(es), current medical findings, current medication and treatment orders, information about medical management of the patient’s conditions unrelated to the terminal illness
• Attending ADG conferences as needed
• Participated in plan of care development and managing oversight of medications and treatment
• Documenting care provided in the patient’s clinical record providing evidence of progression of the end-stage-disease process
• Maintaining current knowledge of the latest research and trends in hospice care and pain / symptom management
• Working in a team approach
• Participating in performance improvement programs, as needed
• Reviewing and developing protocols for treatment and proposing the most current options for interventions
• Demonstrating knowledge in communications and counseling patient / family in dealing with end-of-life issues

To become a Hospice Nurse Practitioner,  you will need –

When considering a career with Dover Hospice , please understand that –

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, we will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages prospective employees and incumbents to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.