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At PeaceHealth, Our Vision is that every person receives safe, compassionate care; every time, every touch.

PeaceHealth was named one of the Healthiest 100 Workplaces in America and the No. 1 Healthiest Employer in Washington! PeaceHealth is seeking an experienced full-time Hospice Nurse Practitioner to join a vibrant multi-disciplinary team in Southwest Washington. The PeaceHealth Hospice Care team is dedicated to easing the fears, anxieties, and discomforts that occur during the advanced stages of illness. The team 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. This opportunity will require traveling primarily throughout Clark County. Ranked the #1 Hospice Care Program in the area with a vibrant outpatient team with four ARNPs and one MD with a growing census of 400 patients. This position will be represented by the WSNA Union.

Highlights about the practice opportunity:

• Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday with Telemedicine incorporated, and mileage reimbursement.

• Seeing 4-8 patients daily with evening and weekend call requirements, 1:6.

• On-site complex case management team, social workers, chaplain, including the Ray Hickey and Richard Nau Hospice Houses, and a close partnership with the Palliative Care team. Support from multiple trained staff members and the opportunity to grow the service-line within the region.

• Provides consultation on patient care and management to other clinicians whose patients are in hospice care, as well as to members of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Assists in evaluating the provision and scope of medical services.

• Maintains compliance with regulatory changes, documentation requirements, and all procedures related to end-of-life care.

Southwest Medical Center Highlights:

• Founded in 1858 by Sister Joseph of the Sacred Heart and originally named St. Joseph Hospital, PeaceHealth Southwest is the Pacific Northwest’s first hospital. Situated in Vancouver, PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, in conjunction with Medical Group: Vancouver and Camas, offers extensive specialty care, serving an impressive annual patient base of over 280,000 individuals in southwest Washington. As one of the largest employers in Clark County, PeaceHealth Southwest is a prominent healthcare institution, providing a wide range of specialized medical services and programs to cater to the diverse healthcare needs of the region.

• Quality & Safety — 2023 Medicare 4-star overall rating (out of 5), on a variety of patient care, patient experience and quality criteria. Quality & Safety — 2023 ‘A’ rating Leapfrog Hospital Grades for overall quality and safety. Quality & Safety — Healthgrades 2023 Patient Safety Excellence Award for being in the top 10% in the nation for patient safety.

• Cancer Care — Fully accredited by the Commission on Cancer with the maximum number of commendations and the only center in Clark County that uses integrated IGRT/CBCT for treatment, resulting in recognition as a center of excellence for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation.

Experiencing Southwest Washington:

• Vancouver located minutes from downtown Portland is a robust city with over 190,000 residents. You will be in a community voted as the friendliest walking & bicycling city in the United States! The city is known for its naturally beautiful scenery, abundant outdoor recreation, diverse cuisine, art walks, contemporary boutiques, and a vibrant farmers market- all nestled between the Pacific Ocean and the Cascade Mountains. 2018 showcased Vancouver’s new 7.3-acre waterfront park that will feature shopping, fine dining, housing units, water sports access, parks, and a 90-foot cable pier overlooking the Columbia River.

• Sports fanatic? Cheer for professional football, basketball, soccer, and baseball organizations. As well as many flagship universities are just a quick drive away!

• Washington State has no income tax.

PeaceHealth Benefits and Culture:

• WSNA Salary Scale based on years of experience: $119,000 - $187,000.00.

• Employment bonus and relocation assistance if applicable

• Integrated physician-led medical group

• Medical home model with care teams and EPIC EMR

• Retirement/medical/dental/vision/disability/life/wellness

• Fully paid malpractice insurance

About PeaceHealth:

PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 17,000 caregivers, a multi-specialty medical group practice with more than 900 providers and 9 medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration, and social justice in fulfilling its Mission.

PeaceHealth is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified job applicants and employees without regard to the following statuses: protected veteran, qualified individual with a disability, race, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with local, state, or federal laws.

The above information is intended to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of caregivers assigned to this job.

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