Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice - Full Time - Grand Island, NE and surrounding areas

Eventide Senior Living Communities • Lincoln, NE

7d • $36 - $40

About The Position

Eventide Hospice in Grand Island, Nebraska, is hiring a Hospice Registered Nurse to provide hospice care to seniors, residents, and clients. The role is scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and covers Grand Island and surrounding areas. The Hospice RN plans, organizes, and directs hospice care, completing assessments and developing and revising individualized plans of care with clients and their families. The RN provides nursing care, medications and treatments as prescribed, health instructions, activities-of-daily-living assistance, comfort care, care coordination when assigned as case manager, clinical documentation, and communication with physicians about client needs and changes in condition.

Requirements

• Be at least 18 years old.
• Successfully complete a Registered Nurse course of study.
• Hold an RN license in good standing on the Nebraska State Registry or in another Nurse Compact state.
• Maintain current CPR certification; renewal is at the employee’s expense.
• Have a valid Nebraska driver’s license, unless otherwise allowed by law, and a good driving record.
• Maintain auto insurance at or above Nebraska statutory requirements.
• Meet Eventide’s vaccination requirements.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
• Two years of acute care or long-term care nursing experience within the last five years preferred.
• Community health and/or hospice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of the client and family to determine hospice needs, including a physical assessment and history of current and previous illnesses.
• Provide professional nursing care using the nursing process and in accordance with the state Nurse Practice Act.
• Assess and evaluate client status; write and initiate plans of care with goals based on nursing diagnoses and palliative nursing actions; regularly reassess client and family or caregiver needs; and participate in revising plans of care with the client and family.
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
• Initiate appropriate preventative nursing procedures and administer medications and treatments prescribed by the physician in the plan of care.
• Provide health care instructions to the client as appropriate to the assessment and plan of care.
• Assist the client with activities of daily living and comfort care.
• Act as case manager when assigned by the Patient Care Coordinator and coordinate care for the assigned caseload.
• Complete, maintain, and submit accurate and relevant clinical notes about the client’s condition and care; record pain and symptom management changes and outcomes as appropriate.
• Communicate with physicians about client needs, report changes in condition, and obtain or receive physician orders as required.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance.
• 403(B) with employer match.
• Paid time off.
• Other unspecified perks.
• Shift premiums and differentials are available for select positions, based on employment status and shift worked.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree