RN Hospice Inpatient
About The Position
The RN is responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating, monitoring, and evaluating strategies and services to meet patients’ and families’ end-of-life care needs. The RN creates and continually adjusts an outcome-based plan of care using the nursing process, relationship-centered care principles, and a holistic philosophy. The role supports changing patient and family needs while facilitating a pain-free, peaceful, sacred death. The RN responds to patient needs with compassion, flexibility, and urgency and provides the care patients want, when they want it. Corewell Health South Hospice is a community-based nonprofit serving Cass, Berrien, and Van Buren counties in Southwest Michigan. It provides end-of-life care and symptom management to individuals with a life expectancy of six months or less, in patients’ homes, nursing facilities, hospitals, and a 16-bed inpatient hospice residence.
Requirements
- Associate’s degree in nursing.
- One year of relevant experience; hospice or a related field is preferred.
- Registered Nurse (RN) license required in the State of Michigan.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required within 90 days.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
- Experience with dying patients and their families.
Responsibilities
- Respond to each patient need with compassion, flexibility, and urgency, providing the care patients want when they want it.
- Develop a comprehensive plan of care addressing patients’ and families’ physical, emotional, cultural, and spiritual needs, with input from them and the interdisciplinary team; evaluate the plan and make interventions as necessary.
- Advocate for pain and symptom management.
- Educate and support patients and families regarding care issues.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of the patient experience, including patient safety, quality of care, and service; adhere to the organization’s Mission, Service Standards, and Code of Conduct.
- Direct and supervise LPNs and CENAs.
- Administer and document medications and treatments as ordered by the physician, accurately and promptly according to policies.
- Identify and respond appropriately to emergency situations.
- Attend shift reporting and interdisciplinary team meetings as necessary to facilitate communication about patient care decisions.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package intended to support financial, health, and work/life balance goals.
- On-demand pay program powered by Payactiv.
- Discounts directory with deals on restaurants, phone plans, spas, and other items.
- Optional identity theft protection, home insurance, and auto insurance.
- Traditional and Roth retirement options with service contribution and matching savings.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
