Clinical Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) FT

Alc-Health-Care-Services; Oak Forest (IL); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Flexible schedule

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Mileage Reimbursement - $0.60 per mile

Résumé du poste

Alc-Health-Care-Services is seeking an experienced hospice Registered Nurse to plan, organize, and direct home hospice care in the community. The role emphasizes patient- and family-centered care within homes and community settings.

The RN will assess patients, develop and revise plans of care, administer treatments per physician orders, and educate families on care needs and comfort measures. Travel to patient homes is required; full-time position with comprehensive benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• 1–2 years acute care experience; 1–2 years home hospice care experience.
• Current state licensure and CPR certification.
• Bachelor’s degree; hospice care experience preferred.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving, basic math.
• Must be a licensed driver with insured vehicle.

Responsabilités

• Completes an initial, comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
• Provides professional nursing care using the nursing process.
• Assesses and writes plan of care; initiates revisions as patient needs change.
• Regularly re-evaluates patient and family/caregiver needs; revises plan of care accordingly.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status changes.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan with goals based on nursing diagnosis; involves patient and family.
• Initiates preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures; administers physician-prescribed medications.
• Counsels patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs; provides health care instructions.
• Aids patient with activities of daily living and supports self-sufficiency and comfort care.
• Communicates with physician about patient needs and status; follows orders.
• Collaborates with family/caregiver and hospice team to meet emotional needs; attends interdisciplinary meetings.

Connaissances

Nursing

CPR Certified

Home Hospice Care

Communication Skills

Driving

Formation

Bachelor's degree

Description du poste

Seeking experienced hospice RNs!

The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).

• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.

• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by writing and initiating plan of care.

• Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs

• Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary

• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.

• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.

• Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.

• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.

• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.

• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.

• Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.

• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required.

• Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.

• Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.

Position Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting, and one (1) to two (2) years of recent experience with home hospice care.

• Current licensure in State and CPR certification.

• Bachelor’s degree, with one (1) year of hospice care experience preferred.

• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.

• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping bending, kneeling and/or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.

• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Flexible schedule

• Health insurance

• Health savings account

• Life insurance

• Vision insurance

• Mileage Reimbursement - $0.60 per mile after 15 mile per day deduction

Work Location: On the road