Home Health and Hospice Registered Nurse (RN)- PRN

This position offers per-diem work as a Home Health and Hospice Registered Nurse providing specialized in-home care to patients with terminal illness and their families. You will deliver comprehensive nursing services, manage patient caseloads of 12-18 patients, and serve as the case manager for patient care from admission through discharge.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-home nursing services requiring substantial and specialized skill in accordance with each patient's plan of care
• Demonstrate competency in pain management, symptom control, infusion therapy, infusion therapy device care, wound care, and aseptic technique
• Apply critical thinking, analysis, and clinical judgment in caring for patients and families facing terminal illness
• Address the physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of patients and their families or caregivers
• Make referrals to other disciplines as needed
• Coordinate the total plan of care and maintain continuity by liaising with other health professionals
• Attend all interdisciplinary group meetings
• Initiate patient care conferences for complex patients when needed
• Include patients and families in implementation of the care plan
• Evaluate and re-evaluate nursing needs routinely, making necessary revisions to the plan of care
• Educate patients and families on their rights and responsibilities as hospice patients
• Communicate with the patient's attending physician and hospice medical director regarding changes in condition
• Manage patient care resources in an equitable and beneficial manner
• Coordinate with the interdisciplinary team on bereavement care

Required Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Current licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of practice
• One year of hospice experience within the last 24 months
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
• Proof of automobile insurance (motor vehicle record checked)
• Current CPR certification
• Ability to pass criminal background check and national sex offender clearance

Schedule

• Per-diem position

Compensation

• $34-$36 per hour