The Robert Wertheim Hospice House is seeking an experience Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) to join the compassionate team. In this role you will be responsible for direct patient care of Hospice patients in an inpatient setting; works at both the Kaseman IPU, and the Robert Wertheim Hospice House. Ensures that end-of-life care is delivered within quality and utilization guidelines and is directed toward the achievement of desired clinical outcomes for patients and their families. Responsible for development, coordination, and scheduling delivery of care through a multidisciplinary team to the patient in the home or community setting. The Hospice RN assures completeness, timeliness, and appropriateness of the patient care plan, as well as its implementation and ongoing evaluation. Assures communication with the multidisciplinary team, support services and community resources to ensure that plan of care goals are achieved in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Ensures that documentation is timely, accurate, complete, and reimbursable. Is a patient advocate. Precepts newly hired nurses.
Sign on and relocation bonuses available for qualified candidates.
Type of Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 0.9
Work Schedule: 12 Hour Nights
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Ensures the quality and safe delivery of hospice services:
a. Completes assessments that are timely, and appropriate of physical, mental, psychological/social (behavioral), functional, financial, treatment, resource, and spiritual needs of patients.
b. Provides skilled nursing care services by planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and documenting all aspects of nursing care in accordance with physician/APC plan of care.
c. Coordinates patient's care through collaboration with patient/caregiver, multidisciplinary team, and physician/APC.
d. Intervenes consistently with orders and changes interventions with orders to meet changes with patient/caregiver needs.
e. Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and the patient's response to intervention.
Provides direct patient care by assessing patient for care needs, resources to meet needs and develops a hospice plan of care in conjunction with hospice physician. Assures completion of required assessments according to regulations for hospice and QAPI measures.
Coordinates implementation of the plan of care through a multidisciplinary team, community resources and physician/APC.
Ensures plan of care is followed and that documentation complies with regulatory requirements.
Precepts newly hired nurses and students and serves as a resource person and professional role model as needed.
Maintains communication with the multidisciplinary team and assures that orders for necessary care plan changes are obtained and communicated timely to the team.
Accurately records all care provided so that all staff have record of care delivered in a timely manner per agency policy and procedures.
Oversees and delegates interventions from the plan of care as appropriate to LPNs and CNAs.
Assumes professional responsibility for current nursing practice and clinical standards of care.
Participates in agency continuous quality improvement (QAPI) and performance improvement project (PIP) activities as required.
Assumes other leadership roles as required by the department.
Responsible for holiday and weekend coverage as required, including potential coverage of both shifts.
Performs other functions as required.
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