Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice
Pennant Group•San Diego, CA
•$50 - $65
About The Position
The on-call Registered Nurse plans, organizes, and directs hospice care, drawing on nursing experience with an emphasis on community health education and experience. The nurse builds on community resources to plan and direct services that meet the needs of individual patients and families in their homes and communities. The role includes comprehensive assessment, professional nursing care, care planning, medication and treatment administration, patient and family counseling and instruction, assistance with daily living, and case management for an assigned caseload.
Requirements
- Active California Registered Nurse license.
- At least one year of nursing experience.
- Ability to walk or stand for prolonged or considerable periods.
- Ability to lift, position, and/or transfer patients and lift supplies and equipment.
- Ability to perform considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
- Visual acuity and hearing to perform required duties.
Nice To Haves
- Hospice nursing experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Complete comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patients and families to determine hospice needs, including a physical assessment and history of current and previous illnesses.
- Provide professional nursing care using all elements of the nursing process.
- Assess and evaluate patient status.
- Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Develop care plans with goals based on nursing diagnoses and palliative nursing actions, including patients and families in the planning process.
- Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the plan of care.
- Counsel patients and families regarding nursing and related needs.
- Provide health care instructions to patients as appropriate based on assessment and plan.
- Assist patients with activities of daily living and support their efforts toward self-sufficiency and optimal comfort care.
- Act as case manager and coordinate care for an assigned caseload.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) plan with generous company match
- Critical illness benefit
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
