Hospice Nurse I (RN) : FCS Hospice
About The Position
The Home Health/Hospice Nurse I (RN) provides direct patient care to assigned patients in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act. Working collaboratively with other health care disciplines, the nurse helps ensure safe, timely, appropriate, and high-quality care. Responsibilities include physical assessments, nursing interventions, pain management, medication administration, specimen collection, addressing nutritional needs, and patient teaching and discharge needs. The nurse uses an evidence-based nursing process, evaluates and adjusts care as necessary, consults appropriate resources, and seeks guidance when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas. This is a float role providing care in both home health and hospice settings. Assignments are throughout Orange County, may change daily, and may cover a large geographic area. In the behavioral health nurse function, the nurse uses a medical and psychosocial model to individualize physician-ordered care plans for patients with depression, anxiety, or dementia, with the goal of helping patients remain at home and avoid hospitalization. The nurse performs comprehensive evaluations of mental status, mood, and behavior. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery network in Orange County, California. The organization describes its mission as providing the highest-quality health care services and identifies quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit, and philanthropy as core strategies. Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment.
Requirements
- Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of California.
- Current driver's license.
- Current BLS certification prior to clinical rotation.
- For the hospice role, at least one year of experience in public health, home care, or hospice nursing is preferred as part of a stated preference for a minimum of two years' experience.
- Must have an insured automobile in good working order, with insurance meeting state and/or organization requirements.
Nice To Haves
- For home health, one year of home health care experience is preferred.
- For hospice, a minimum of two years’ experience is preferred, including at least one year in public health, home care, or hospice nursing.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct patient care to assigned patients in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act.
- Collaborate with other health care disciplines to support safe, timely, appropriate, and high-quality patient care.
- Perform physical assessments and nursing interventions.
- Manage pain and administer medications.
- Collect specimens and address patients’ nutritional needs.
- Provide patient teaching and address discharge needs.
- Use an evidence-based nursing process to meet patient care needs.
- Evaluate and adjust nursing care as necessary, consulting as needed.
- Consult appropriate resource personnel when addressing ethical, legal, or medical dilemmas.
- Provide care in both home health and hospice settings across changing assignments and territories throughout Orange County.
- For behavioral health patients, develop individualized care plans based on physician orders using a medical and psychosocial model.
- Perform comprehensive behavioral health evaluations of mental status, mood, and behavior.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
