Registered Nurse - PRN

Deercreekseniorliving; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Deercreekseniorliving in Tucson, Arizona is seeking a dedicated registered nurse to provide hospice care. This role involves assessing patient needs, creating and implementing care plans, and offering support to patients and families. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in nursing with an emphasis on community health education.

The position offers a chance to contribute meaningfully to the end-of-life journey, ensuring comfort and care for patients in their homes.

Qualifications

• Experience in hospice care and community health education.
• Ability to develop and implement care plans for patients.
• Strong assessment and evaluation skills.

Responsibilities

• Complete patient and family assessments to determine hospice needs.
• Provide professional nursing care utilizing the nursing process.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed.
• Counsel patients and families regarding care needs.

Skills

Community health education

Patient assessment

Nursing process

Case management

Education

Registered Nurse (RN) License

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
• Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• 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
  • Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary.
• 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 Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.

AGAPE HOSPICE

Agape Hospice is a Local Tucson hospice, committed to providing the highest quality, patient-centered hospice services to our patients. We firmly believe that we are here to help patients and their families on the end of life journey in 3 main ways:

• Providing comfort where there is pain
• Providing solutions where there are challenges
• Providing peace in the midst of chaos

EEO STATEMENT

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to ensuring that all conditions and privileges of employment, including recruitment, hiring, evaluation, transfer, promotion, discipline, determination of compensation and/or benefits, and termination of employment for all job classifications, are based on qualifications and work record. No employment decision is made, nor do we discriminate, on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex/pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, veteran status, or disability.