Compassionate Hospice LPN - Home Care, On-Call

Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri; Poplar Bluff (MO); On-site; USD 42,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri provides hospice care for patients in private homes, nursing homes, or healthcare facilities under physician orders and CMS guidelines. Services are funded through Medicare/Medicaid and private pay options in a nonprofit setting.

Care is delivered by skilled clinicians in accordance with the nursing care plan, with documentation updated in the EMR and regular communication with R.N. staff, TCM, and hospice physicians.

Responsibilities

• Provides skilled care to patients in accordance with agency policies, physician orders, and CMS regulations for Hospice.
• Makes pertinent nursing observations and communicates these to the R.N. Staff Nurse, TCM, Hospice physician and/or IDG team when appropriate and documents in a timely manner.
• Participate and attend IDG meetings as scheduled and document IDG notes.
• Take on call rotation as scheduled
• Maintains current clinical notes in EMR, reflecting updates to plan of care and care provided.
• Inform doctor of changes in patient's conditions, with documentation of changes in narrative notes.
• Review medication profile and reconcile medications weekly.
• Assists the R.N. in performing specialized duties.
• Reports any identified needs or potential problems of patients or family members to the R.N. in a timely manner.
• Follow the plan of care as initiated by the R.N./physician.
• Follows state guidelines and policies as far as the scope of practice for an LPN in homecare/Hospice.
• Provides accurate information to patients/families as outlined in the nursing care plan.

Job description

Visiting Nurse Association of Southeast Missouri provides hospice care for patients in private homes, nursing homes, or healthcare facilities under physician orders and CMS guidelines. Services are funded through Medicare/Medicaid and private pay options in a nonprofit setting.

Care is delivered by skilled clinicians in accordance with the nursing care plan, with documentation updated in the EMR and regular communication with R.N. staff, TCM, and hospice physicians.