Hospice Registered Nurse: Compassionate Care Leader

Paycom - ATS; Clear Lake, Webster (TX, TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition Reimbursement

PTO / Holidays

Medical Insurance

401(k) / HSA

Mileage Reimbursement

Advanced Training

Care Culture

Job summary

Bristol Hospice - Clear Lake, TX is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse with strong assessment skills to support hospice patients and families. This full-time role focuses on comprehensive patient assessments, care planning, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

Qualified candidates will have at least one year of acute-care experience, TX RN licensure, and willingness to travel across the Bristol Hospice service area.

Qualifications

• Must have at least one (1) year of acute care experience in an institutional setting.
• One (1) year of experience in home care preferred.
• Must have a current licensure in the state.
• Must understand the philosophy of hospice concept and understand needs of the terminally ill.
• Must be flexible in work hours.
• Must demonstrate nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Must demonstrate a willingness to maintain comprehensive working knowledge regarding information systems and applicable software programs.
• Ability to travel throughout the Bristol Hospice Service Area.

Responsibilities

• Complete an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
• Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process.
• Assess and evaluate 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.
• Initiate the plan of care and make necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis.
• Include the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Record pain/symptom management and changes/outcomes as appropriate.
• Communicate with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and report changes in the patient’s condition; obtain/receive physicians’ orders, as required.
• Teach the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques, as appropriate.
• Work in concert with the interdisciplinary group.
• All other duties as assigned.

Skills

Acute care experience

Home health experience

RN license TX

Travel ability

Tools

Healthcare information systems

Job description

Bristol Hospice - Clear Lake, TX is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse with strong assessment skills to support hospice patients and families. This full-time role focuses on comprehensive patient assessments, care planning, and collaboration with an interdisciplinary team.

Qualified candidates will have at least one year of acute-care experience, TX RN licensure, and willingness to travel across the Bristol Hospice service area.