Job ID: 95751
Location: Vancouver, WA
Work Type: Full Time
Shift: Day
Shift Length: 8 Hours
FTE: 1.00
Benefit Eligibility: Full-time benefits
Description
PeaceHealth is seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join a vibrant Inpatient Palliative Care team in Vancouver, Washington.
At PeaceHealth, Our Vision is that every person receives safe, compassionate care; every time, every touch. PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Bridges Palliative Care program provides a full continuum of care for patients and their families. Medical, spiritual, and emotional assistance helps patients and their families to ease the symptoms of life-threatening illnesses. Consider coming onto a team that is supportive, helpful, and meaningful. The ideal candidate will have one or more years post graduate experience in Inpatient Palliative Care. Candidates with a Palliative Care Certification are highly desired.
Highlights about the practice:
About PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center: The region’s health care leader and steward for 155 years, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit, 450-bed, medical institution located in Vancouver, Washington. Repeatedly recognized nationally as a 100 Top Hospital, PeaceHealth Southwest provides a full range of outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical, and surgical services to Clark County residents. PeaceHealth Southwest is also one of Clark County’s largest employers with 3,400 employees and 600 active medical staff members that help support dozens of medical specialty services and programs, including cancer, heart, emergency, trauma, neuro-musculoskeletal, family birth, and primary care.
Experiencing Vancouver, Washington: Look any direction and the scenery is astounding! Snow-capped mountains, nationally protected evergreen forests, the waterfall-laced Columbia River gorge, and rugged Pacific-coast beaches – all within a short 90-minute drive. The northwest is a dream come true for outdoor enthusiasts. And against that magnificent backdrop, Vancouver and neighboring Portland, Oregon offers all the best amenities of city living. What makes our area so special? A thriving arts scene varied professional sports teams, unique neighborhoods, and a wealth of diverse culinary destinations.
PeaceHealth Benefits & Culture:
About PeaceHealth: Based in Vancouver, WA, is a not-for-profit Catholic health system employing approximately 17,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 1,200 providers and 10 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities in Washington, Oregon, Alaska. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, the legacy of its founding Sisters continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission.
Job Summary
Within scope of practice and in alignment with both hospital staff bylaws and PHMGs physician supervision expectations, responsible for advanced level of nursing evaluation, clinical assessment, prescribing and monitoring medications and follow-up care for patient. Responsible for patient and family teaching.
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