RN - Outpatient Hospice

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • Pueblo, CO

26d • $40 - $58

About The Position

Join the Outpatient Hospice department as a Registered Nurse providing compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals in outpatient settings to enhance comfort and quality of life. The RN is responsible for direct patient care and case management of hospice patients in home and community settings, ensuring end-of-life care follows quality and utilization guidelines and supports desired clinical outcomes for patients and families.

The RN develops, coordinates, and schedules care delivered by a multidisciplinary team. The RN Case Manager ensures the patient care plan is complete, timely, appropriate, implemented, and regularly evaluated; communicates with the care team, support services, and community resources; and maintains accurate, complete, timely, and reimbursable documentation. The RN also advocates for patients and precepts newly hired nurses.

This is a part-time, 0.60 FTE, non-exempt position on the day shift. The role includes rotating holiday coverage, select weekend and evening call, and agency and patient-home visits as required. Sign-on and relocation benefits are available to qualified candidates.

Requirements

• Associate Degree in Nursing.
• State of New Mexico or Compact State nursing license.
• BLS certification required at time of hire.
• One year of experience in a direct patient care setting or home health care.
• Current driver's license and auto insurance.

Nice To Haves

• Hospice experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and case management for hospice patients in outpatient, home, and community settings.
• Assess patients' physical, mental, psychological/social, functional, financial, treatment, resource, and spiritual needs in a timely and appropriate manner.
• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate, evaluate, and document nursing care in accordance with the physician/APC plan of care.
• Develop hospice plans of care with the physician and coordinate their implementation through the multidisciplinary home care team and community resources.
• Collaborate with patients and caregivers, the multidisciplinary team, and physicians/APCs to coordinate care.
• Respond to changes in patient and caregiver needs by implementing interventions consistent with orders and obtaining orders for changes as needed.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions and patients' responses at each visit.
• Complete required hospice assessments and QAPI measures, and ensure care plans and documentation comply with regulatory requirements.
• Maintain department productivity standards for visits and caseload management.
• Self-schedule the patient caseload at appropriate frequency and duration, updating the schedule during the day as needed to meet patient needs.
• Notify patients promptly of visits and unplanned schedule changes, and accommodate their preferred schedules when possible.
• Precept newly hired nurses and students, and serve as a resource and professional role model.
• Maintain communication with multidisciplinary teams and ensure necessary care-plan changes are ordered and communicated promptly.
• Initiate documentation in the home and completely record care delivery in a timely manner according to agency policies and procedures.
• Provide oversight of and delegate the plan of care to LPNs and CNAs as appropriate.
• Maintain professional responsibility for current nursing practice and clinical standards of care.
• Participate in agency continuous quality improvement (QAPI) and performance improvement project (PIP) activities as required.
• Assume other leadership roles and perform other functions as required by the department.
• Provide rotating holiday coverage, select weekend and evening call, and agency and patient-home visits as required.

Benefits

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities.
• Staff Safety wearable badge for discreetly calling for help when safety is a concern.
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications, and various lead roles for eligible positions.
• Malpractice liability insurance.
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department.
• EPIC electronic charting system.
• Sign-on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates.
• Wellness program with free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, and wellness challenges.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree