Palliative Care LPN

Hospice Foundation Of Greater Baton Rouge; Baton Rouge (LA); Presencial; USD 52.000 - 76.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Hospice of Baton Rouge seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide compassionate palliative care as part of an interdisciplinary team. The role includes direct patient care, documentation, and education for families in home or office settings.

Requirements include a Louisiana Practical Nursing license, CPR, and at least two years of staff nurse experience in acute care or home care. Travel to patient homes is needed, and reliable transportation is required.

Formación

• Diploma in Practical Nursing and active Louisiana license.
• CPR certification required.

Responsabilidades

• Maintain records, reports, and forms per documentation policies.
• Make weekly phone calls and home visits as needed and document in EMR.
• Interact with IDT and collaborate on plan of care for patients and families.
• Provide high-quality nursing care to patients and support families and other staff.
• Educate community on the Palliative Care Program as needed.

Conocimientos

Patient assessment

Independence

Teamwork

Compassion

Emotional resilience

Educación

Diploma in Practical Nursing

Descripción del empleo

Job Location: Hospice of Baton Rouge - Main Office - Baton Rouge, LA

Salary Range: Undisclosed

JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Maintainrecords, reports and forms that are accurate, timely, and contain quality content per documentation policies.
• Makeweekly and biweekly phone calls and home visits as needed and document all calls/visits in EMR.
• Participatein IDT meetings.
• Interactwith Palliative Care Inter-Disciplinary Team (IDT) to collaborate on plan of care and needs of the patient and patient’s family.
• Assist team members with monitoring the program and meeting all measurable goals.
• Ensurequality and efficiency of patient palliative care services.
• Providehigh-quality nursing care to patients, and workwith families, relatives, and/or other primary care persons to enable them to become dependable caregivers.
• Performany additional duties requested by the Palliative Care Coordinator and/or CEO.
• Educatethe community on the Palliative Care Program as needed.

Education:

• Diploma in Practical Nursing

Certification:

• Current Louisiana license, from an accredited school of Practical Nursing.
• Current CPR certification.

Work Experience:

• At least two years of experience as a staff nurse in either an acute care setting (general medical-surgical, oncology, or geriatric) or home care setting.

Special Skills:

• Ability to assess and respond to needs of patients and families in the home.
• Ability to work independently as well as on an interdisciplinary team.
• Supportive and sensitive to needs of patients and families, as well as other staff and volunteers.
• Able to cope with the emotional stress of patient, family and self that ensues when rendering nursing care to dying patients.
• Humanistic attitude toward patient/family care and tolerant of individual lifestyles.

Other Requirements:

• Good physical assessment skills.
• Good communication skills and techniques with facilities, patients, families, physicians, and office staff.
• Must be in good physical condition.
• Must have own transportation and provide proof of liability insurance which meets state requirements.
• Must be able to travel to and from all patient homes unassisted.