Staff RN III - Hospice - FT Days

Torrance Memorial Medical Center • Torrance, CA

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About The Position

The Staff RN uses the nursing process to deliver nursing care to the assigned patient population and care setting. Care is based on interpreting and carrying out the medical and nursing plan of treatment using established procedures, standards, and protocols. The nurse provides hospice care and coordinates with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team to maximize comfort and maintain quality of life. The position is full-time, day shift.

Requirements

• At least 1 year of clinical experience in healthcare.
• Registered Nurse license.
• BCLS or ACLS certification.
• Driver’s license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, individualized nursing care using the nursing process, critical thinking, and established standards and protocols.
• Assess patient history and physiological and psychosocial status; communicate with patients, families, medical staff, and others throughout care.
• Complete HIS documentation at hospice admission and discharge and comply with Medicare regulations governing hospice.
• Attend weekly interdisciplinary group (IDG) meetings, monthly staff meetings, and hospice in-services.
• Administer symptom-management medication subcutaneously via a pump and use knowledge of medications and dosages common in end-of-life care.
• Recognize signs and symptoms of the dying process and educate families about the end-of-life transition.
• Communicate patient-condition or psychosocial-status changes to appropriate interdisciplinary team members and coordinate support and services.
• Update the interdisciplinary plan of care every two weeks using the Problem, Intervention, Goal (PIG) format.
• Participate in monthly chart audits and peer review.
• Supervise and document the hospice aide care plan every two weeks.
• Follow infection-prevention, patient-safety, medication-administration, safe-patient-handling, regulatory-compliance, and organizational quality requirements.
• Participate in organizational activities, Magnet Model activities, professional development, and precepting.
• Use resources economically and provide patient and family education throughout care.
• Follow telecommuting policy, obtain approval before telecommuting, and adhere to annual I will statements.

What This Job Offers

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