Full Time Hospice Admissions Registered Nurse

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  Prefer Hospice RN Admissions experience and HomeCare HomeBase EMR experience
• Flexible work schedules: PRN, Part-Time or Full-Time, 10-hour shifts available, 30-to-40-hour work week, benefits offered for Part-Time and Full-Time employment.
• Learning opportunities: Wound Certification, Oasis Certification, MedBridge Account, many learning opportunities available for PRN, Part-Time and Full-Time employees.
• Growth Opportunities: growth opportunities to a RN Lead, Clinical Manager, QA RN, or Director positions available.
• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Plan, Life/Disability Insurance, Voluntary Benefits, up to 4 weeks of PTO, 6 paid holidays, mileage reimbursement, cell phone/wireless keyboard, employee referral bonus, continuing education, and higher education reimbursement program.

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The Admission Registered Nurse may be asked to complete other duties including standard nursing visits and/or RN case management depending on current agency needs. These duties are as follows:

Patient Care

• Completes ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family/caregiver to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:
  • Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
  • Participating in revising the plan of care in collaboration with the attending physician, if any, and hospice medical director as the patient status and needs change
• Develops a care plan that establishes interventions and goals incorporating palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family/caregiver in the planning process
• Works autonomously to initiate appropriate preventive and palliative care nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
• Involves the patient and family/caregiver to address needs and meet related goals
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan
• Facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency or obtaining appropriate caregiving and optimal comfort care.

Communication

• Documents patient services and status timely and accurately within professional practice standards and reimbursement requirements.
• Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan
• Sets up an individual emergency preparedness plan
• Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate. Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group.
• Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
• Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting, and one (1) to two (2) years of recent experience in hospice preferred
• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State(s) of planned practice
• Possesses and maintains CPR certification
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision
• Capable of prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Capable of considerable reaching, stooping bending, kneeling, and/or crouching. Possesses visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills