RN - Hospice

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Location:

Lippincott - 301 Lippincott Drive

Remote Type:

On‑Site

Employment Type:

Employee

Employment Classification:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

Work Shift:

1st Shift (United States of America)

Total Weekly

Hours:

40

Additional Locations:

Job Information:

The Hospice Registered Nurse will bring the essential elements of the hospice delivery model into the patient's defined living space through assessing, planning and implementing a treatment plan to keep terminally ill patients comfortable. Their duties include monitoring vital signs, administering medications and supporting patients and their families through this transition. The RN Hospice brings comfort to the patient who faces the end of life and helps them reach acceptance and peace of mind.

The RN Hospice provides quality care to patients through the implementation of the nursing process applied through a team nursing model. As an integral member of the health care team, coordinates patient care and communicates and collaborates extensively with the other members of the Interdisciplinary team, patients and/or patient's family or significant other(s). Maintains and demonstrates high standards of professional ethics.

This position works with the intake team, referring physician and other referral sources to promote the hospice philosophy of care. This position will travel statewide.

• Perform and document nursing process - assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patients receiving care in‑person at their defined home.
• Review and follow up on family education, implemented patient care plans, and coordinated services.
• Triage, identify, and act on changes in patient condition.
• Provides nursing care, emotional support and education to patients and families.
• Assist with wound care, treatments, procedures, and comfort care.
• Administers medications and treatments as written in the patient's plan of care to obtain a level of comfort and/or relieve symptoms associated with the patient's diagnosis.
• Observes, records and reports signs and symptoms of the disease process, changes in patient's physical, emotional, spiritual and social condition and responses to the therapeutic regimen.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, changes in patient's condition or environment to the Physician and other members of the health care team.
• Utilizes and instructs patient and family on patient symptom reporting, the dying process.
• Demonstrates crisis intervention with patient and family.
• Demonstrates effective pain management assessment with each visit, and appropriate interventions to manage pain and meet patient care needs.
• Assesses/observes pain using identified pain scales per…