Mercy Health Lima, OH Palliative Care NP or PA

Mercy Health – St. Rita’s Medical Center is seeking a nurse practitioner or physician assistant for our growing Palliative Care Service Line. The provider will work with our palliative care physician and current APC on both the inpatient and outpatient setting.  This is a is rapidly expanding practice.

Education and Skills Required:

• Certified by the NCCPA for Physician Assistant
• Certified by AANP or like certification for Nurse Practitioners.
• Current licensure with the state of Ohio as a PA-C or CNP.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.

Position Highlights:

• Ensure that all palliative care patients admitted in the acute care setting receive a navigation plan upon discharging back into the community.  
• Build a patient visit census in the home based and extended care facility settings. 
• May be consulted by home health nurses for patients who are admitted in the hospital who require a skill and are admitted to the Home Health Program. 
• Assure timely and appropriate referral to hospice for patients in the PC Community based program are at the terminal stage of their disease. 
• Educate the community ECF staff and leaders and assist with consults in the acute care setting.
• Work toward the goal of having the capacity to see PC patients in any area of the community setting where Mercy Health is involved.
• Increase the continuity of care with PC patients being discharged from the acute care setting with an individualized care plan.
• APC to become an expert in the field of hospice and PC in order to increase community awareness of the services and benefit of this care.
• Collaborate with the Hospice and PC physician and educate the medical professionals within Mercy Health to raise awareness of services offered. 

Details:

• Dedicated specialists ready and available for consultation
• Competitive compensation and recruitment package
• Supportive administrative staff focused on growth of market share

For more information or to apply please send your CV and contact:

Traci Cox

Physician & APC Recruitment

Mercy Health Lima, OH and Springfield, OH Markets

C: 419-296-7808

trcox@mercy.com

Since 1918, St. Rita’s Health Partners has been providing quality health care to the people of Lima and west central Ohio. More people prefer St. Rita's for medical care than any other hospital in the 10-county region we serve. 

Mercy Health is the largest health system in Ohio and the state’s fourth-largest employer, with more than 33,500 employees serving communities throughout Ohio and in Kentucky. Mercy Health provided care for patients more than 6.8 million times in 2016. The system includes assets of $6.8 billion and more than 500 care sites, including 23 hospitals, eight senior living communities, five hospice programs and seven home health agencies. Its clinically integrated network, Mercy Health Select, coordinates more effective and efficient care for more than 200,000 patients, saving money for taxpayers through the Medicare Shared Savings program. In keeping with its Mission to improve the health of its communities, Mercy Health provides more than $1 million per day in community benefit services. For more information, visit www.mercy.com or connect with Mercy Health on Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Pinterest and Twitter (@LivingMercyHlth).