RN - Visit Nurse Day Shift Hospice of Havasu

Hospice Of Havasu • Lake Havasu City, AZ

3d • Remote

About The Position

This position is responsible for providing on-call and routine end-of-life hospice services under the direction of the RN Case Manager, ensuring that nursing needs are met as identified in the patient’s initial, comprehensive, and updated assessments. The RN Visit Nurse will provide comprehensive skilled nursing care within their scope of practice according to techniques and established standards to maximize the comfort of the terminally ill patient in the home setting. This position may carry supervisory responsibilities.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited RN program
• Current Arizona RN license or Multistate
• Current CPR Certification
• One year varied clinical nursing experience; home health or hospice preferred
• Hospice Philosophy of care; working knowledge of current hospice guidelines
• Patient’s Rights
• Understanding of pathology, disease processes, pain, and symptom management
• Knowledge and support of agency’s safety and OSHA policies
• Understanding of HIPAA Privacy Standards and related agency policies
• Demonstrated understanding and compliance with agency policies, including but not limited to documentation, continuing education, work schedules and required HR documents, State and Federal policies and procedures, laws and regulations
• Customer service principles
• Ability to operate a motorized vehicle and is auto insurable with minimum coverage as follows: $100,000 bodily injury per person, $300,000 bodily injury per accident and $50,000 property damage and have reliable transportation for work in the community and surrounding areas.
• Ability to travel within the agency’s service area of 1.5 hours distance to/from the home office.
• Participate in and complete all continuing education activities as assigned in a timely manner.
• Follow all State of Arizona laws for Mandatory Reporting.
• Adhere to Hospice of Havasu’s Standards of Behavior.

Responsibilities

• Providing on-call and routine end-of-life hospice services under the direction of the RN Case Manager.
• Ensuring that nursing needs are met as identified in the patient’s initial, comprehensive, and updated assessments.
• Providing comprehensive skilled nursing care within their scope of practice according to techniques and established standards to maximize the comfort of the terminally ill patient in the home setting.
• May carry supervisory responsibilities.

What This Job Offers

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