Job Title: Hospice RN, Home Health RN
Profession: Nursing
Specialty: Hospice RN, Home Health RN
Duration: 13 weeks
Shift: Schedule varies
Hours per Shift: 40
Experience: Minimum 2 years
License: Current RN license
Certifications: BSN preferred
Must-Have: Valid driver’s license, appropriate auto insurance, and reliable transportation
Description:
Provide skilled nursing, care, and case management for assigned patients in their place of residence or at an in-patient hospice center.
Admit patients onto services.
Coordinate and integrate services to ensure continuity of care.
Facilitate the achievement of quality, clinical, and cost outcomes.
Negotiate, procure, and coordinate services and resources needed by the patient or family.
Create opportunities and systems to enhance outcomes.
Use the nursing process of assessment, planning, and implementation of care, including patient/family instruction and evaluation through an interdisciplinary team approach.
Provide skilled nursing and coordinate care to patients and family members in a residential setting through a team approach based upon systematic evaluation as authorized by a physician.
Observe, assess, evaluate, and plan interventions in relation to patients’ physical and psychosocial statuses, including changes in condition and/or reactions to treatments or medications for the duration of contact with patients.
Oversee care provided by Home Health/Hospice Aides and CNAs to assigned patients and evaluate compliance with the plan of care.
Assure continuity of care through effective communication, information exchange, and case conferences with other disciplines, community health, support, and social agencies.
Provide quality care and appropriate symptom management for positive clinical outcomes.
Promote optimal health and quality of life through teaching, counseling, appropriate interventions, and referrals.
Maintain accurate, current, and complete patient records in accordance with Agency standards and OASIS requirements.
Participate in team scheduling coordination and on-call rotation schedule as necessary to meet patient care needs by assessing and evaluating patient needs via telephone and advising or making home visits as required.
Participate in quality improvement activities and attend in-service training as assigned.
Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor.