MUST HAVE HOSPICE EXPERIENCE
Registered Nurse - Hospice
ABL Hospice, LLC is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse (RN) with at least 1 year of Hospice experience. Join our team in providing the highest quality experience for patients in the comfort of their own home.
Benefits of joining our Team:
- Excellent Work-Life Balance
Responsibilities
- Conduct initial assessments of patients and their families to determine home care needs.
- Perform comprehensive physical examinations and review the patient's current and past medical history.
- Regularly reassess the nursing requirements of the patient.
- Initiate and adjust care plans based on changes in the patient's condition and needs, using health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Develop care plans with goals derived from nursing diagnoses, including therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing interventions, involving both the patient and their family in the planning process.
- Administer prescribed medications and treatments and carry out appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Offer counseling to the patient and their family to address nursing and related needs.
- Provide health care instructions to the patient as indicated by the assessment and care plan.
- Identify discharge planning needs during care plan development and implement them before the patient is discharged.
- Act as a Case Manager when assigned by the Clinical Supervisor/Nursing Supervisor, coordinating patient care within their caseload.
- Prepare clinical notes and update the primary physician when necessary and at least every 60 days.
- Collaborate with the physician to address the patient's needs and report any changes in the patient's condition, obtaining and implementing physician's orders as needed.
- Communicate with community health professionals to coordinate the care plan.
Additional Responsibilities
- Participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
- Make night home visits to provide emotional support, symptom management, and pronounce death as needed.
- Work hours are 6:30 pm to 8:30 am.
- Home visits will require 1-2 hours with family.
- Ensure that necessary equipment and services are arranged for.
- Provide instruction, supervision, and evaluation of home health aide care every two weeks.
Position Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing school with one to two years of recent acute care experience in a healthcare facility.
- Current state licensure and CPR certification.
- A bachelor's degree is preferred, with one year of home health care experience.
- Prior management experience is not mandatory; responsibilities include supervising home health aides.
- Strong observational, verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving abilities, and basic math skills are required, along with nursing skills as per the competency checklist.
- The role may involve prolonged standing or walking, patient lifting and positioning, and the ability to handle supplies and equipment. There may also be significant bending, stooping, kneeling, or crouching. Adequate visual acuity and hearing are necessary to perform the required nursing tasks.
(A valid driver's license and insured automobile are required in accordance with state or organization requirements.)
Qualifications:
- Current and unrestricted RN license
- 1 year of Hospice Experience
- Current BLS/CPR certification
- Valid Driver's License
This job description should not be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, or skills that may be required of the employee. It does not establish a contract of employment, either expressed or implied, except for an "at-will" employment relationship.
ABL Hospice, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify.
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