RN - Hospice House -Overnight
RN - Hospice House -Overnight
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Job Description
Full time opening 11pm7am flexible schedule. Lets find what works for you!
Reporting to the Hospice House Manager the Hospice House Registered Nurse delivers age appropriate care to the patients admitted to the Hospice House utilizing standard nursing best practice: assessment planning intervention implementation and evaluation within scope of practice defined by the NH Board of Nursing. RNs will effectively interact with patients care givers and other healthcare team members while maintaining all standards of professional nursing.
Essential Functions
- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Explain Hospice program philosophy (e.g. services limitations bereavement).
- Develops and implements appropriate plan of care (POC) that complies with referral source orders specific treatment measures frequency/expected duration and discharge goals in partnership with the patient healthcare provider patient representative (if any) and/or caregiver(s) based on thorough assessment incorporating all aspects of patient limitations and goals and potential discharge environment.
- Documents accurate and ongoing assessment/reassessment treatment and discharge of the patient: nursing interventions patient response to care provided patient/caregiver educational needs problems capabilities limitations and progress toward goals. Documentation includes evidence of appropriate patient/caregiver teaching and the understanding of these instructions in accordance with agency guidelines.
- Engages the patient/caregiver/family in meaningful education as indicated per care plan.
- Communicates with all physicians involved in the POC and other health practitioners Hospice team members and hospice volunteers related to the current POC.
- Demonstrates responsibility to effectively coordinate the patients POC with members of the Interdisciplinary Team and other health professionals through team/patient care conference. Updates patients goals as appropriate based on interdisciplinary team assessments and reassessments.
- Participates in interdisciplinary team agency projects committees QAPI program and/or other activities upon request and approval from direct supervisor.
- Attends Agency Inservice programs.
Other Job Functions
- Supervise Licensed Practical Nurses and Licensed Nursing Assistants assigned to patients according to federal and state regulations.
- Coach mentor and precept new nursing team members and students.
- Performs job duties in a safe manner in order to prevent injury to yourself and others.
Whats in it for you:
- Competitive pay
- Exceptional benefits to include medical dental vision
- 401k with Employer match
- Employer paid short term disability*
- Employer paid long term disability**
- Employer paid life insurance**
- Tuition reimbursement
- Robust vacation package
- Verizon discount
- AAA membership
(Plus all sorts of other great perks.
* Eligibility employed 20 hours or more a week
** Eligibility employed 30 hours or more a week
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing accompanied by current New Hampshire nursing license or compact state license through the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC).
- Minimum of two years acute care nursing experience.
- Three to four years of recent general medical/surgical or skilled/acute care nursing experience.
Employment Type
Full-Time
