RN or LPN, PRN; IPU, Nights & Weekends

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Pro Re Nata or When Needed Professional Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne, IN, US 1 Attachments

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $24.77 To $41.67 Hourly

Join our team at Stillwater Hospice!

At Stillwater Hospice, we promote and support growth, teamwork, and a healthy work-life balance among all staff members.

We offer competitive wages and benefits in our team-forward, positive care environment. We look forward to talking to you today about joining our team!

In this role, you will care for patients in our recently renovated Inpatient Unit on the Fort Wayne Campus.

You will work As Needed on Nights and Weekends shifts. Could include partial shifts. Hospice Home (IPU) shifts are 12 hours long.
This is an overnight and weekend PRN position.

We pride ourselves on promoting an Excellent work-life balance and Excellent Employee Benefits.

• 403b Retirement Plan for all employees with no cost access to a Financial Advisor and a strong Company Match for full-time employees.
• Shift Incentive Pay, Performance Incentives, & Mileage Reimbursement.
• Company-provided Uniform allowance.
• Free employee access to the services and programs at the Peggy
  
  F. Murphy Community Grief Center.
• A newly remodeled, modern Inpatient Unit.
• Newly built Staff Respite Room in the Hospice Home IPU.
• Multiple employee engagement events per year:
  Wellness/Health Events, Quarterly Employee Benefit Fairs, Organization picnics, and Organization holiday events.
• A strong commitment to promoting and advancing employees from within the organization.
• The campus is connected to the Fort Wayne Trails system.

POSITION TITLE:

INPATIENT RN

FLSA STATUS NON-EXEMPT

REPORTS TO:

Assistant Director of Nursing

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

Providing nursing care for assigned terminally ill patients by assessing needs, coordinating the interdisciplinary care plan, implementing nursing interventions, making appropriate revisions, and evaluating care outcomes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred.
• Prefer one year of recent hospital or home health care experience.
• Must have a current RN license to practice in Indiana.
• Must hold current CPR certification or obtain it during the orientation period.
• Infusion skills are preferred.
• Ability to identify needs and emergencies of hospice patients and provide appropriate interventions.
• Must be comfortable working with hospice patients, focusing on palliative care.
• Strong interpersonal skills.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Must be capable of functioning independently as well as part of the team.
• Implement agency-approved clinical policies and procedures in all work-related situations.
• Demonstrates understanding of hospice philosophy and concept of care and considers the patient/family as the unit of care.
• Orients patient/family to hospice services, including identifying the role of team members.
• Identifies patient health problems by assessing psychosocial, spiritual, physiological, and health behavior systems.
• Participates in obtaining and documenting admission and assessment data.
• Documents findings accurately, in a timely manner, and on appropriate forms according to Agency procedures.
• Delivers nursing care to patients, which includes teaching, providing direct care, case management, referral, advocacy, monitoring pain and symptom management, and initiating appropriate interventions.
• Anticipates problems related to the impending death of the patient at the time of admission and pursues problem resolution, including bereavement follow-up for family members.
• Remains flexible for unit coverage and accepts responsibility under adverse conditions, such as weather-related crises.
• Participates in appropriate staff and holiday rotation.
• Follows orders from the patient’s physician and informs the physician and other team members of changes in the patient’s condition and needs.
• Coordinates care and services with other health care providers.
• Identifies the need for and obtains additional orders from physicians.
• Plans and implements…