Hospice Inpatient Unit RN - AM Shift (Madison IPU)

Agrace•Madison, WI

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Unit (IPU) Nurse is responsible for patient and family satisfaction through the provision of nursing care, including seeing patients, conducting assessments, following and updating the plan of care, providing interventions, communicating, and documenting. The IPU RN provides patient- and family-centered care consistent with Agrace’s philosophy, goals, standards, regulations, and policies. This full-time role is based at the Agrace Inpatient Unit in Madison, Wisconsin. It is 0.8 FTE (32 hours per week), on the AM shift, 7:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m., on weekdays, with every-other-weekend and three-holiday-per-year rotations.

Requirements

Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) required.
Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing license in the state of employment.
At least 18 years of age.
Basic Microsoft Office skills.
Intermediate electronic health records skills.
Ability to maintain confidentiality regarding patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property.
Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred.
One year of nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ and families’ physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and educational needs as outlined in the plan of care.
Collect information from patients, families, significant others, interdisciplinary team members, and other health care professionals.
Identify, interpret, document, and report assessment findings, significant changes in condition, and unusual incidents to the appropriate interdisciplinary team member.
Respond to patient and family needs, changes in condition, and needs for acute patient intervention.
Provide interventions, treatments, and pain management, evaluate their effectiveness, and adjust care as needed.
Educate patients and families about pain, symptom management, end of life, and related topics; evaluate and adjust education as needed.
Formulate, implement, and revise individualized plans of care with the interdisciplinary team, patient, and family.
Develop achievable outcomes and establish priorities for the planning and provision of care.
Read, understand, and follow the plan of care.
Document interventions, outcomes, and changes in patient condition in the electronic health record.
Delegate care and make referrals to appropriate disciplines and volunteers.
Oversee the work of Certified Nursing Assistants and Licensed Practical Nurses.
Participate in staff meetings to plan and evaluate patient and family services.
Precept new staff and students.