Registered Nurse

Emerald Coast Hospice • Pensacola, FL

14d • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides personalized hospice and palliative nursing care to patients with life-limiting illnesses and supports their families. The RN serves as a primary point of contact throughout the hospice journey, delivering and documenting skilled care in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, or other institutional settings. The role includes assessing patients, managing symptoms, developing individualized plans of care, educating patients and caregivers, and coordinating with an interdisciplinary team to promote comfort, dignity, and continuity of care.

The RN also offers emotional, physical, and spiritual support to patients and loved ones, communicates changes in condition to appropriate providers, maintains accurate clinical records, and follows infection-control, regulatory, and organizational standards. The position may include on-call and patient-support activities. Work takes place in patient homes or institutional settings and in an automobile; the employee must maintain transportation for work. This is a safety-sensitive position.

Requirements

• Current license to practice nursing in the state of requested employment.
• At least one year of RN experience in acute care, oncology, long-term care, hospice, or home health; school internships and clinical hours may be considered in individual cases.
• Current CPR certification.
• Current automobile insurance and a valid driver’s license.
• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families, hospice, and the special needs of hospice patients and families.
• Knowledge of the roles of disciplines providing hospice services and of community resources.
• Strong patient assessment skills and knowledge of general nursing practice.
• Oral and written communication skills, documentation skills, and program-management knowledge.
• Knowledge of managed-care principles and regulatory guidelines, including Medicare, Medicaid, and ACHC.
• Ability to support patients and families facing life-and-death issues and to deal tactfully with patients, families, coworkers, and hospice team members.
• Flexibility to perform varied tasks while maintaining efficiency and composure; ability to communicate effectively with people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Ability to effectively operate nursing assessment tools, computers, fax equipment, a copier, and a cell phone or beeper.
• Must have and maintain transportation for work.
• Must meet applicable state-specific requirements and minimum requirements for benefits eligibility.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice or palliative care experience.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments, including in-person and telephonic assessments or screenings.
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions and symptom management in accordance with the patient’s goals of care.
• Develop and update individualized plans of care, including visit frequency and identification of patient risks.
• Coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members and consult with physicians and nurse practitioners.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about disease processes, self-care, end-of-life care, medications, nutrition, and dietary needs.
• Communicate changes in condition and signs or symptoms of decline to the appropriate provider.
• Support continuity of care by recognizing and supporting appropriate home health, palliative care, hospice referrals, and transitions between levels of care.
• Document screening and assessment findings, physician orders, progress notes, and care plans in timely clinical records.
• Maintain working relationships with the interdisciplinary group and involve the team when the care plan warrants participation to achieve desired outcomes.
• Participate in on-call and patient-support activities as applicable, responding in a clinically competent and timely manner.
• Provide hands-on nursing care and adjust care as needed based on patient assessments.
• Offer emotional, physical, and spiritual support to patients and loved ones, including caregiver education, comfort, and bereavement guidance.
• Teach caregivers safe care techniques and help patients and families understand medication administration, hospice services, symptom and pain management, and end-of-life processes.
• Follow infection-control, compliance, and regulatory standards and support quality-improvement and scheduling initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• National and local recognition programs.
• Teammate Assistance Fund.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for full-time associates.
• Mileage reimbursement or fleet vehicle program for full-time associates.
• Generous paid time off and seven paid holidays for full-time associates.
• Wellness programs, including telemedicine, diabetes management, and joint and spine concierge care, for full-time associates.
• Education support and tuition assistance for ASN-to-BSN and BSN-to-MSN programs for full-time associates.
• Free continuing education units for full-time associates.
• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance for full-time associates.
• Voluntary pet, critical illness, accident, and long-term care benefits for full-time associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed