Pediatric Respite RN | PRN | Jacksonville Area

Community Hospice & Palliative Care•Jacksonville, FL

34d•$35•Remote

About The Position

Under the direction of the Pediatric Manager, the in-home Pediatric Respite Nurse (PRN) is responsible for providing direct patient care. This includes initial and ongoing assessment of patient needs, symptom management and care, with appropriate and ordered interventions completed. The position is PRN, requiring a minimum of four (4) days/shifts per month, with no on-call duties. Shift lengths are usually 4-8 hours. The primary work location is in-home care, mainly around Duval County, with occasional work in Nassau, Baker, Clay, or St. Johns counties. Compensation includes a base salary of $35.00 per hour, plus paid driving mileage.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing, Associates Degree, or possession of a degree from a diploma nursing program
CPR certification
Licensed as a State of Florida registered nurse
2 years nursing experience (minimum)
Ideally with two years of recent pediatric nursing
Principles and practices of pediatric nursing
Completing accurate physical assessments
Ability to work within framework of varying patients’ home environments and locations

Responsibilities

Follows Plan of Care and Medication Administration as ordered by the physician, to include nursing interventions, medication administration and treatments, bathing, transferring, feeding, teaching, death/discharge process.
Completes documentation in the home, specific to the care, interventions performed, and medications administered, hourly and as needed throughout the care provided.
Documentation will include post-mortem care and destruction of medications at the time of death, if applicable.
Communicates with manager/director if any problems, complaints, concerns related to the patient/patient care/services.
Adheres to all infection control and patient confidentiality policies and complaint process to the Florida Department of Health.