Hospice Nurse
2 weeks ago
The Registered Nurse serves as a vital member of the Alive Hospice team, providing compassionate care and support to patients and their families in the comfort of their own homes. As a case manager, you will be responsible for identifying and coordinating patient/family needs, providing preventive and supportive care, and utilizing assessment, intervention, and teaching skills to ensure the best possible outcomes.
Key Responsibilities- Visits patients/families in their place of residence to assess for appropriateness of services and/or admit to Alive Hospice.
- Performs initial physical, psychosocial, and spiritual assessment of the patient and family.
- Uses nursing process to establish and implement a hospice plan of care in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members.
- Anticipates the need for and initiates interventions to prevent complications and alleviate symptoms of physical and psychological discomfort.
- Provides skilled nursing care to patients and educates them/caregivers concerning the plan of care, its goals, and the implications of diagnosis and prognosis.
- Educates and councils patients/caregivers in resource conservation techniques and skills to help maintain the patient at home.
- Acts as a liaison between Alive Hospice and the patient's primary physician.
- Evaluates the need for and arranges for home equipment, medication, and supplies as appropriate per Alive Hospice policies/procedures.
- Reports unusual and problematic patient/caregiver issues to appropriate Clinical Director and other IDT members.
- Instructs, supervises, and mentors the performance of CNT/HHA and other staff as designated by the Clinical Director.
- Attends patient deaths, utilizing Alive Hospice procedures, and provides support to patient's caregivers.
- As agency needs dictate, provides coverage for after-hours care or staffing crisis.
- Completes all clinical documentation per Alive Hospice policy and regulations in a timely manner.
- Participates in Interdisciplinary Care Planning Conference and team meetings.
- Collaborates with team members to assure appropriate, empathetic, and effective patient/caregiver support and care.
- Notifies appropriate staff of status changes per Alive Hospice procedure.
- Functions as case manager within patient care team, collaborating with other members to reach desired patient outcomes.
- Demonstrates good resource management and recognizes the implications of cost in relation to agency budget.
- Communicates with physicians, medical directors, and other healthcare providers regarding patient assessment and response to plan of care.
- Serves as clinical preceptor for professional students as requested.
- Registered Nurse with a current nursing license, BSN preferred.
- Knowledge of or willingness to learn hospice care.
- Minimum one year nursing practice or equivalent experience required.
- Hospice, Oncology, or Home Health and/or long-term care preferred.
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to infectious diseases and use of an automobile. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outside weather conditions, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Usually in a patient's home.
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