Hospice Rn Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• College diploma in Nursing.
• One year of clinical experience in healthcare.
• Registered Nurse license.
• BCLS or ACLS certification.
• Driver's license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient history and physiological and psychosocial status.
• Deliver safe, individualized nursing care using the nursing process and established plans, procedures, standards, and protocols.
• Communicate with patients, families, medical staff, and other care team members throughout the continuum of care.
• Provide patient and family education, including education about the end-of-life transition.
• Use critical thinking to formulate and carry out care plans based on patient needs.
• Administer medications safely, including subcutaneous medication via a pump for symptom management.
• Complete HIS documentation at hospice admission and discharge.
• Comply with Medicare regulations governing hospice.
• Attend weekly IDG meetings, monthly staff meetings, and hospice in-services.
• Recognize changes in patient condition or psychosocial status and communicate them to appropriate interdisciplinary team members.
• Coordinate changes in support and services to maximize comfort and maintain quality of life.
• Update the interdisciplinary plan of care every two weeks using the PIG (Problem, Intervention, Goal) format.
• Participate in monthly chart audits and peer review.
• Supervise and document the hospice aide care plan every two weeks.
• Follow infection prevention guidelines, patient safety goals, regulatory requirements, and applicable policies and standards of practice.
• Participate in organizational activities, Magnet Model activities, professional development, and peer review.
• Serve as an engaged preceptor.
• Use resources economically and follow safe patient-handling practices.