Home Health and Hospice Registered Nurse (RN)- PRN

Eden Health • Pocatello, ID

4h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides in-home services to patients and delivers specialized nursing care in accordance with each patient’s plan of care. Caseloads typically vary from approximately 12–18 patients, depending on the complexity of patient and family needs, geography, and whether patients are home-based or facility-based.

The Hospice Registered Nurse serves as the patient’s Case Manager, coordinating care from admission through discharge and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team, including on bereavement. The nurse assesses and addresses patients’ physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs, involves patients and families in care planning, and keeps the Attending Physician and Hospice Medical Director informed of changes in condition.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of practice.
• One year of Hospice experience within the last 24 months.
• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Proof of automobile insurance; MVR checked.
• Proof of current CPR certification.
• Able to pass a criminal background check and national sex offender clearance.

Responsibilities

• Provide services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill in accordance with the plan of care.
• Demonstrate competency in agency-required skills, including pain management, symptom control, infusion therapy and device care, wound care, and aseptic technique.
• Apply critical thinking, analysis, and clinical judgment when caring for patients and families facing terminal illness.
• Address the physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and their families or caregivers.
• Make referrals to other disciplines as needed.
• Coordinate the total Plan of Care and maintain continuity by liaising with other health professionals assigned to the same patients.
• Attend all interdisciplinary group meetings.
• Initiate patient care conferences for complex patients when needed.
• Include patients and families in implementing the patient care plan.
• Evaluate and routinely re-evaluate patients’ nursing needs and revise their Plans of Care as needed.
• Educate patients and families or caregivers about their rights and responsibilities as Hospice patients.
• Communicate changes in patient condition to the Attending Physician and Hospice Medical Director.
• Manage patient care as Case Manager and ensure resources are used equitably and beneficially to meet patient needs.
• Manage patient care from admission through discharge and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team on bereavement.

What This Job Offers

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