Special Payroll Nurse Practitioner (Palliative Care)

UConn Health is looking for a highly skilled Special Payroll Nurse Practitioner (Per Diem) with Palliative Care experience to work in the Neag Cancer Center in the Outpatient Pavilion in Farmington, CT. This position does not include benefits.

SCHEDULE: Per Diem, as needed

Hourly Rate: $100.00

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES:

• Ability to work independently, ability to work under pressure, decision making ability
• Knowledge of medication and their interactions and reactions
• Excellent interpersonal skills; effective communication skills [written and verbal]; skilled in principles and practices of effective persuasive communication to elicit information and educate patients and families; good bedside manners; proficient computer skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with physicians, ancillary, support staff, other departments and the public; ability to formulate plan of care
• Considerable knowledge of anatomy and physiology, knowledge of medical principles and procedures; knowledge of physical assessment, pathophysiology and pharmacology; knowledge of community resources; knowledge of theories and techniques for teaching/learning/counseling
• Knowledge of different disciplines and disease states

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING:

General Experience:

• Registered Nurse, and completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Incumbents in this class must possess a valid license to practice in the State of Connecticut

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT:

• Must possess and maintain American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers. This is the only accepted credential.
• Other CPR/AED credentials may be accepted at hire but incumbents will be required to obtain American Heart Association (AHA) BLS certification within six (6) months of hire

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

• Oncology APRN experience
• Palliative Care APRN experience
• Cancer Survivorship experience

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Active participant in survivorship clinic including development and completion of survivorship care plans, provide survivorship education and a comprehensive review of survivorship care plans with patients
• May develop policies/procedures; participates in or designs changes in the system of care delivery
• Evaluates, assesses patient illness/injuries
• Develops plans of care
• Provides comprehensive education and counseling to patients
• Performs all other duties as required
• Maintains patient medical records
• Participates in medical student, resident, and health professional teaching; acts as a clinical consultant to peers and other health care professionals
• Completes thorough history and physical examinations, providing a detailed and accurate history, examines and treats patients, orders and interprets laboratory tests and imagining studies; formulating diagnoses and treatment plans and prescribing medications and monitoring responses to medications and adjusting accordingly
• Intervenes in crisis situations or patient deterioration; provides routine and illness care
• Performs inpatient and outpatient consultations and follow up visits working closely with the multidisciplinary team ensuring patients receive supportive services consistent with the plan of care
• May participate in clinical research
• Documents and records progress notes and notifies attending physician of significant problems

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.