Compassionate Hospice Registered Nurse - Care Coordination

Health at Home Hospice-Austin, LLC; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Health at Home Hospice-Austin, LLC in Austin, TX seeks a qualified Registered Nurse to coordinate patient-centered care within the hospice program. You will assess patients, develop and implement care plans, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure quality home health services.

The role includes administering medications as prescribed, teaching families, maintaining documentation, and serving as case manager for assigned caseload.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing.
• Minimum 1 year experience as a professional nurse preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.

Responsibilities

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
• 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, and participating in revising the plan of care as necessary.
• Responsible for the planning, coordinating and delivery of quality interdisciplinary home health care services. Compliance with company standards and federal/state guidelines will be maintained at all times.
• 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.
• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Services Manager or Director of Clinical Services and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
• Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management changes and outcomes as appropriate.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required.
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
• Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate. Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Patient education

Documentation

Spanish proficiency

Clinical judgment

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

RN license

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Health at Home Hospice-Austin, LLC in Austin, TX seeks a qualified Registered Nurse to coordinate patient-centered care within the hospice program. You will assess patients, develop and implement care plans, and collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure quality home health services.

The role includes administering medications as prescribed, teaching families, maintaining documentation, and serving as case manager for assigned caseload.