Registered Nurse (RN)
About The Position
The Hospice Inpatient Unit Registered Nurse provides professional nursing services in accordance with physicians' orders, delivering individualized patient care and psychosocial and spiritual interventions to assigned patients and families. Care must align with Hospice objectives, organizational policies and procedures, and the State Nurse Practice Act. The role is based in the Inpatient Unit on the Mitchell Campus in Cheektowaga, New York. The unit offers a home-like setting for patients whose pain or symptoms cannot be managed at home, patients approaching the final stage of life, and patients admitted for short-term respite care.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse licensure in New York State.
- Valid driver's license free of serious violations.
- Vehicle available for use while on duty or on-call.
Nice To Haves
- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing.
- One year of nursing practice as a professional nurse.
Responsibilities
- Perform comprehensive assessments of physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, emotional, and spiritual needs related to terminal illness, and document findings on appropriate forms and the plan of care.
- Assess pain using the Edmonton Scale, follow pain protocols, apply knowledge of equi-analgesic dosing, and promote optimal pain relief through timely interventions and interdisciplinary collaboration.
- Organize and prioritize assignments to meet productivity standards and complete documentation within required timeframes.
- Explain the duties and functions of the interdisciplinary team and articulate the progression of cancer, lung, heart, and liver diseases, dementia, and other neurological diseases.
- Explain the causes of symptoms related to disease processes, including nausea, vomiting, anorexia, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, diarrhea, constipation, mucositis, weakness or fatigue, dysphasia, edema, dyspnea, cognitive impairment, urinary retention, depression, and delirium.
- Modify plans of care promptly and appropriately, anticipating problems that could threaten patient safety or symptom control.
- Demonstrate knowledge of the use, indications, adverse effects, contraindications, and interactions of commonly used steroids, NSAIDs, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, narcotics, antifungals, and diuretics.
- Complete documentation to agency standards, including timely completion and signatures, and use the A-I-R protocol to support hospice eligibility and level of care.
- Follow proper sharps disposal, hand hygiene, waste disposal, and personal protective equipment practices.
- Follow CHPC and Hospice Buffalo clinical and administrative policies and procedures, including HIPAA requirements.
- Maintain the security of patient electronic and written records.
- Incorporate computer documentation into patient care as much as appropriate without compromising care quality or communication.
- Ensure timely completion and return of initial, renewal, and modified orders, and review PPOCs for procedural compliance.
Benefits
- Employer 401(k) contribution regardless of employee participation, with an additional matching contribution when the employee participates.
- Health insurance with a vision component copayment plan or a high-deductible plan for full-time employees.
- Employer HSA contributions twice annually for full-time employees enrolled in a high-deductible health plan.
- Dental insurance for full-time employees.
- Flexible Spending Account for full-time employees.
- Paid Time Off and New York State Sick Leave.
- Tuition Assistance Program.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
Associate degree
