REGISTERED NURSE - HOSPICE

Margaret Mary Health; Batesville (IN); On-site; USD 55,104 - 82,656; Part time

Job summary

Margaret Mary Health in Batesville, IN is seeking a Hospice RN for PRN duties, offering flexible scheduling and home-based patient care across all ages.

Join our compassionate team to deliver high-quality nursing care, patient education, and coordination with physicians, with emphasis on dignity and family support in the home setting.

Responsibilities include home visits, adherence to safety goals, accurate documentation in EHR, and collaboration with IDG meetings and care coordinators.

Qualifications

• Exceptional communication and listening skills.
• Strong nursing skills: critical thinking, assessment, care planning, and administering treatment.
• Proficient in time management and adaptability.
• Must be able to operate a computer, phone, medical equipment, and automobile.

Responsibilities

• Makes home visits for patients of all ages.
• Uses only approved abbreviations and follows patient safety goals.
• Performs treatments and assessments with timely documentation in EHR.
• Communicates with patients, caregivers, and families with respect and dignity.

Skills

Communication

Clinical nursing skills

Time management

Tech & mobility

Job description

Job Summary

Ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families while maintaining essential work/life balance? Join our compassionate team as a Hospice RN. Enjoy flexible scheduling while providing care to patients of all ages wherever they call home.

Location/Department: Hospice

PRN

Job Summary

Ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients and their families while maintaining essential work/life balance? Join our compassionate team as a Hospice RN. Enjoy flexible scheduling while providing care to patients of all ages wherever they call home.

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Duties/Responsibilities

• Makes home visits for patients of all ages
• Uses only approved abbreviations
• Understands patient safety goals & actions taken
• Uses 2 patient identifiers before giving treatments, demonstrates process
• Understands read back of verbal orders/critical lab values & can state process
• Understands procedure to clarify physician orders
• Uses standing orders when indicated
• Accurately calls report to MD as warranted by condition; reports to other providers as needed
• Reports sentinel events or adverse drug reactions or incidents as warranted
• Uses final verification before invasive procedures & can verbalize correct process & documents in EHR
• Reassesses patient in response to changes in condition after intervention as needed & documents in EHR
• Provides treatments (including wound care, venipuncture & IV administration) as ordered in a timely & appropriate manner & documents in EHR
• Communicates with & provides education to patients, caregivers, & family members in a timely manner (using respect & dignity when dealing with death & dying) & documents in EHR
• Assessments/evaluations/resumptions are timely, complete & accurate according to federally mandated time frames
• HIS/HOPE reporting accurate & complete within time frame established by federal government
• Provides professional assessment (includes nursing, psychosocial & spiritual needs) as well as need for other services & re-evaluates as appropriate
• Completes, maintains, & updates treatment care plans in a timely manner, identifying all appropriate problems & establishing realistic goals
• Consideration is given to appropriate resources usage including appropriate visit frequency
• Communicates with physicians & refers to other disciplines as appropriate
• Participates in case conferences
• Communicates with nursing facilities as needed
• Attends IDG meetings; provides daily reports to Patient Care Coordinator
• Develops aide care plans & oversees visits according to state & federal regulations & documents accordingly
• Maintains compliance with productivity standards according to departmental requirements
• Time/visit documentation is accurate & submitted in a timely manner according to departmental requirements & state/federal regulations
• Discharges are documented within time frames required by state & federal regulations
• Patient outcomes are equal to or better than available benchmarks
• Assists with chart audits as needed
• Demonstrates competencies for all populations served

Required Skills/Abilities

• Exceptional communication and listening skills
• Strong foundation in nursing skills to include: critical thinking, assessment, care planning, & administering treatment
• Proficient in time management and adaptability
• Must be able to operate a computer, phone, medical equipment, & automobile