Nurse Practitioner - Per Visit - Full-time / Part-time

HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.

Our Mission – To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

Our Shared Vision – Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

Our Values – The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Paid Orientation and Training
• Home Hospice locations in 7 states
• Great Place to Work Certified

The Nurse Practitioner is an extension of the physician who is responsible for gathering clinical findings to assist with determining continuing eligibility for hospice patients. The Nurse Practitioner is to complete face-to-face visits with hospice patients and coordinating with RN-Case Manager, IDG Team and sponsoring physician on any and all patient needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs a face-to-face encounter for Medicare hospice patients prior to the 180th day recertification and every recertification thereafter, and to attest that the encounter occurred under the supervision of a sponsoring physician
• Documents clinical findings of face-to-face encounters
• Documentation should include:
• Evidence of decline in clinical status
• Evidence of non-disease specific based guidelines, i.e., PPS, BMI, FAST, dependence in ADL’s
• Evidence of co-morbid conditions
• Communicates clinical findings to the physician who is considering recertifying the patient
• Completes attestation statement regarding date of face-to-face encounter
• Submits accurate time and mileage records for all patient related activity to the Medical Director on a bi-weekly basis
• Be responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provide Age-Friendly Care

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Is currently licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in the state of practice
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
• Has health care experience 

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