Hospice Registered Nurse

VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region•St Albans City, VT

31d•Hybrid

About The Position

VNA & Hospice of the Southwest Region is currently seeking a full-time Hospice Registered Nurse (RN). This position is for a caring and supportive medical company that values its employees. Based in Vermont, we are one of the largest non-profit home health and hospice care agencies, delivering a wide range of advanced medical care with compassion, dependability, and expertise to people of all ages. Our mission is to provide the best care for every person in Southwestern Vermont and to put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. We strive to give customized care to individuals with chronic diseases and conditions as well as those who need short-term care. For our services, we have been recognized as one of the nation's top 100 performing home health agencies by HomeCare Elite.

Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) license
2+ years of nursing experience is preferred
Have self-direction and initiative, as well as be able to work collaboratively with colleagues within the agency.
Experienced with electronic medical records required.
Willingness to work a flexible schedule to include evenings, weekends, and on call for both hospice and home care patients.
Exceptional bedside manner and communication skills.
Compassionate and friendly demeanor.
Valid Vermont Driver's License and car insurance.

Responsibilities

Utilizing the nursing process, assesses patient/care giver needs in order to provide quality care to assigned patients.
Develops and communicates a realistic plan of care for each patient.
Serves as Case Manager for assigned patients and actively manages case loads and visit times in accordance with agency productivity standards.
Implements medical plan of care, nursing interventions, and procedures as necessary to ensure the safe effective quality of care for patients.
Stays up-to-date on a variety of High-Tech skills; IV use and maintenance, wound VAC, complex wound care, etc.
In accordance with LPN scope of practice, works collaboratively with LPN's to ensure that the plan of care is followed, delegates tasks and ensures that patient needs are met.
Consistently reviews documentation, annotates visit notes and acts on recommendations in accordance with department policies and procedures.
Evaluates a variety of aspects of implemented plan of care including, but not limited to, identified problems, care provided and patient's responses, to meet patient/care giver needs and ensure overall quality of care delivered.
Maintains up-to-date and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the effective integration of information for use by the health care team to ensure on-going and continued quality of care.
Performs patient and care giver education to ensure informed patient decisions can be made, including, but not limited to, medication side effects, treatment options, discharge instructions, reportable conditions, ranges of services, etc.