Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice

First Call Hospice•Citrus Heights, CA

8h•$50 - $60

About The Position

So, you like working with a creative, dynamic team and making a difference? Sometimes the grass is greener! The mission of First Call Hospice, a locally owned agency founded in 1993, is to provide individualized quality hospice care to meet the unique needs of patients with a limited life expectancy. The primary goal of First Call Hospice is to enhance the quality of life when the quantity of life is limited. When you join First Call Hospice Team, we will Offer an extensive orientation, tailored to your needs Pay 100% of full time Employee Medical Benefits, and offer a number of different benefits including dental, vision, and life insurance Have 401K available to all full-time employees with profit sharing First Call Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team! JOB SUMMARY The Registered Nurse (RN) plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities. Complete an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es) Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process Assess and evaluates patient’s status Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing Provide health care instructions to the patient per assessment and plan Assist the patient with the activities of daily living Facilitate the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care Act as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload

Requirements

Active CA RN License
Ability for prolonged or considerable walking or standing
Ability to lift, position, and/or transfer patients
Ability to lift supplies and equipment.
Ability for considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills
Maintains a current CPR certification

Nice To Haves

Hospice experience preferred

Responsibilities

Complete an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs
Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)
Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process
Assess and evaluates patient’s status
Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions
Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care
Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing
Provide health care instructions to the patient per assessment and plan
Assist the patient with the activities of daily living
Facilitate the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care
Act as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload