Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner

Summary

Join Thyme Care as a Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner and become a critical member of the clinical team, providing virtual palliative care to members with serious illnesses. You will conduct outpatient appointments via video visits, oversee interdisciplinary case conferences to create and monitor individualized care plans, and educate the team on palliative care topics. This role involves clinical oversight, direct patient care, and the development of an advance care planning program. The position can be remote or hybrid, based in NYC or Nashville. Within three months, you will complete training, conduct virtual visits, lead case conferences, become a resource for the team, and adhere to all policies and procedures. Success in this role requires a people-first approach, strong communication skills, and comfort with ambiguity in a fast-paced startup environment.

Requirements

• Have at least 3 years of nurse practitioner (NP) experience with at least 2 years in palliative care, preferably caring for patients in the outpatient oncology setting
• Be an advanced certified hospice and palliative nurse practitioner (ACHPN)
• Have an unrestricted nurse practitioner license and a willingness to obtain additional state licenses, as needed

Responsibilities

• See members for specialty palliative care outpatient appointments via video visits as part of an interdisciplinary team consisting of our Community Health Workers, Oncology Nurses, Social Worker, and Palliative Medicine Physician
• Be responsible for the oversight and direction of interdisciplinary case conferences for our members with advanced serious illness, in which individualized care plans for our members are created and monitored by our team of Community Health Workers and Oncology Nurses
• Provide clinical oversight to the case management team and direct clinical care, as needed
• Provide education about palliative care to our team of Community Health Workers and Oncology Nurses
• Focus your teaching efforts on the outpatient management of cancer-related symptoms, serious illness communication skills, and advance care planning
• Be integral to the development and implementation of our advance care planning program
• Complete training and are up to speed on Thyme Care’s systems, tools, technology, partners, and clinical expectations
• Complete virtual palliative care outpatient visits for our members with the highest degree of clinical rigor
• Work fluidly with our in-house care team and providers to ensure any identified needs are met in follow-up to patient visits
• Be adept at leading interdisciplinary case conferences for members with advanced serious illness, guiding our team of community health workers and oncology nurse navigators in the creation of evidence-based, member-centered care plans that focus on interventions that improve member outcomes
• Become the go-to person for our oncology nurse navigators and community health workers when they are working with a member who has advanced serious illness
• Be comfortable with and correctly follow policies and procedures, escalation pathways, communications best practices, and documentation standards
• Your ability to effectively engage and support our members is reflected in our metrics and quality standards

Preferred Qualifications

It would be exceptional if you have worked at a startup or tech-forward company

Benefits

• Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes benefits, and other opportunities at Thyme Care
• The base salary for this role is $135,000-$150,000