The NP serves as a clinical resource to staff, patients, and families; conducts face-to-face encounters required for hospice eligibility determinations and recertifications; participates actively in interdisciplinary care planning; provides hospice education and mentoring to clinical staff; and participates in after-hours and weekend on-call coverage as assigned. Provide support, instruction, and education of the patient, family and other caregivers who participate in the care of the patient in relation to needs identified on the plan of care, including, but not limited to: disease process and progression, medications, pain, symptoms associated with disease, oxygen safety, hospice philosophy, and care of the terminally ill.