Key skills
Collaboration
About this role
Role Overview
- Completes comprehensive assessments of patients and families to determine hospice needs, including physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses.
- Develops, initiates, and revises individualized Plans of Care in collaboration with the IDG, using health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses and establish goals.
- Provides professional nursing care by utilizing the nursing process, implementing palliative interventions, administering prescribed medications and treatments, and counseling patients and families on health care needs.
- Provides health care instructions to patients and families as appropriate per assessment and plan.
- Coordinates with the Patient Care Manager and IDG to ensure continuity of care, safe environments, and support for the emotional needs of patients and caregivers.
Requirements
- Education sufficient to meet certification, licensure, or registration requirements.
- Preferred: 1 year of recent experience in hospice, palliative care, home health, acute care, and/or skilled nursing as a registered nurse.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401k and much more