Registered Nurse, Hospice Resource

HealthPartners•Bloomington, MN

14h

About The Position

HealthPartners is hiring an on-call Hospice RN to provide end-of-life care to patients needing palliative or hospice services in their homes or community settings. The role may include case management, admissions facilitation, clinical support, continuous care, after-hours calls, and other skilled nursing expertise related to end-of-life care. Service excellence, patient care, and patient relationships are central to the position. The nurse is expected to work effectively as part of a team and provide holistic, family-centered care across treatment settings. Care should support comfortable and safe dying, self-determined life closure, and effective grieving for patients and families.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
Two years of recent full-time nursing experience in acute, long-term care, home care, hospice, or public health within the 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 Minnesota driver’s license and daily access to a reliable, insured vehicle.
Computer literacy.
Ability to deliver care independently in patients’ homes without physical or mental disabilities that would interfere with this ability.
Visual, auditory, and tactile acuity sufficient to make complete and accurate nursing assessments.
Ability and willingness to drive a car in weather conditions typical of the upper Midwest.
Ability to speak, read, write, and understand English.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a health-related discipline.
Home care, hospice, or public health experience.
Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification, or ability to obtain CHPN certification after two years of full-time employment.

Responsibilities

Identify the patient’s and family’s physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, and developmental needs, and individualize the patient’s plan of care accordingly.
Assess all aspects of the patient’s pain and develop an individualized pain management plan.
Anticipate, prevent, and treat undesirable symptoms or secondary symptoms.
Identify and address comfort care needs.
Support, instruct, and educate the patient, family, and caregiver.
Document problems, nursing assessments, appropriate goals, care provided, interventions, and patient and family outcomes.
Coordinate all patient and family services.
Maintain the dignity of the dying patient.
Support the patient’s and family’s unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.
Provide holistic, family-centered care across treatment settings to improve quality of life.
Consult and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and others involved in the patient’s care.
Provide care consistent with National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization standards of practice for hospice programs.
Implement care to achieve comfortable and safe dying, self-determined life closure, and effective grieving for the patient and family.
Supervise and direct care provided by other nursing personnel, including RNs, LPNs, and Home Health Aides.
Maintain patient and personal safety regarding occupational health and safety.
Participate in scheduled weekend work, including visits or triage of patient calls.
Participate in the evening/night call schedule.
Participate in the Quality Improvement program.