Registered Nurse, Hospice

About the position

HealthPartners is hiring for a part-time Hospice RN. The position focuses on providing end-of-life care to patients needing palliative or hospice services in their home or community setting. Service excellence is centered on patient care and relationships, with teamwork being a norm among employees. Responsibilities include case management, admissions facilitation, clinical support, continuous care, after hours call, and other skilled nursing expertise with end-of-life care.

Responsibilities

• Identifying the patient’s and family’s physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety and developmental needs and individualizing the patient’s plan of care based on the needs identified.
• Assessing all aspects of the patient’s pain and developing an individualized pain management plan.
• Anticipating, preventing and treating undesirable symptoms or secondary symptoms.
• Identifying and addressing comfort care needs.
• Supporting, instructing and educating the patient, family, and caregiver.
• Documenting problems, nursing assessments, appropriate goals, care provided, care interventions and patient and family outcomes achieved from intervention and care provided.
• Coordinating all patient and family services.
• Maintaining the dignity of the dying patient.
• Supporting the patient’s and family’s unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.
• Providing holistic, family-centered care across treatment settings to improve the quality of life.
• Consulting and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team and others involved in the patient’s care.
• Providing care consistent with National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization standards of practice for hospice programs.
• Implementing care to achieve outcomes of comfortable and safe dying, self-determined life closure and effective grieving for patient and family.
• Supervising and directing care of other nursing personnel including RNs, LPNs, and Home Health Aides.
• Maintaining patient and personal safety regarding occupational health and safety.
• Participating in scheduled weekend work (i.e., visits or triage of patient calls).
• Participating in evening/night call schedule.
• Participating in Quality Improvement program.

Requirements

• Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
• Two years recent nursing experience in acute, long-term care or home care/hospice/public health full time (in past five years).
• Current RN licensure in Minnesota.
• Ability to work independently.
• Demonstrated patient care planning and patient teaching skills.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
• Current MN Driver’s License and daily access to reliable, insured vehicle.
• Computer literacy.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelors Degree in Nursing or health related discipline.
• Home Care, Hospice or Public Health experience.
• Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification or CHPN certification after two (2) years full time employment.