Position Overview:
The Hospice Registered Nurse is responsible for pain management and symptom control in the delivery of care to hospice patients, as established by the plan of care, the interdisciplinary team, attending physician, and Hospice Medical Director.
Territory: Duluth, GA and the surrounding communities
Essential Job Functions:
- Ensures the timely and adequate delivery of hospice services to the terminally ill patient and their family, operating within the plan of care as established by the hospice team and attending physician.
- Assesses the total needs of the patient/family during regularly scheduled and after-hour home visits; documents assessment, identified problems, nursing interventions, goals, and outcomes of interventions.
- Coordinates total patient/family hospice care under the supervision of the Director and with the interdisciplinary team, the attending physician, and other providers; documents such coordination.
- Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team in the development, review, and revision of the clinical component of patient/family plan of care, including the exchange of information, review of problems, assessing effectiveness of interventions, and documenting outcomes.
- Ensures continuity of care between patient/family, team members, ancillary providers, long-term and inpatient care facilities, and the attending physician.
- Communicates patient/family/caregiver needs, ongoing nursing assessment, interventions, goals, and outcomes through the interdisciplinary process.
- Provides and documents continuing education of the hospice concept of care to patients and their families/caregivers.
- Supervises the delivery of patient care provided by Hospice Aides and Licensed Practical Nurses; ensuring compliance with the established plan of care and completing required documentation of supervision.
- Facilitates the delivery of hospice services to patients residing in long-term care facilities, documenting joint coordination of care with facility professional staff, and attending facility care plan meetings as appropriate.
- Participates in on-call rotation for delivery of care after office hours, on weekends, and holidays.
- Provides ongoing monitoring of patient appropriateness for hospice services and completes required documentation for certification and recertification.
Why Join Our Team?
- Our clinical team is a family of clinicians who work together to meet the needs of each patient.
- Nationwide career opportunities where our leaders encourage advancements.
- Our clinicians enjoy the flexibility of getting to build rapport with patients to produce the best clinical outcomes.
- We know that our clinicians make or break the organization’s success.
- We work with new grads that want to make a difference in patients’ lives.
- 401(k) with match.
- Health, Dental, and Vision Benefits for employees at 30+ hours.
- Tuition Discounts and Reimbursement.
- PTO, Sick Time, and Paid Holidays.
Requirements:
- An active RN License in the state of application.
- Valid CPR certification.
Preferred:
- At least 1 year of experience in a hospice setting.
As an employer accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with all health-related requirements in all relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
