RN Inpatient - Nights

Primary Responsibilities :

• Completes assessment of patients regularly and on-going as patients’ conditions warrants. Assessments include physical, functional, psychosocial and environmental needs and activities of daily living.
• Responsible for the input of patient information into the electronic medical record.
• Completes appropriate documentation in accordance with Community Hospice standards.
• Provides patient care in accordance with physician orders and patient / caregiver goals, directed by the Plan Care; provides post-mortem care per policy.
• Develops patient Plan of Care and supervises hospice aide in provision of that patient care.
• Demonstrates awareness and maintenance of Standard Precautions.
• Provides emotional support to patient / caregiver.
• Teaches patient / caregiver as appropriate to situation, plan of care.
• Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of medications, including medication administration.
• Assess patient to determine appropriateness of crisis intervention care and oversee cases daily.
• Performs Hospice Aide supervisory visit at least every 14-days to assess patient / caregiver satisfaction with Hospice Aide services. Makes an annual on-site visit to the location where the patient is receiving care in order to observe and assess each aide while he or she is performing care.
• Demonstrates competency in skills identified, maintaining completion of annual competency of these skills per organization standard.
• Contacts Community Hospice Medical Director or Associate Medical Director for pain and symptom management recommendations / orders as necessary and communicate these to patient / caregiver and attending physician (if any) for approval.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Licenses / Certifications :

Education / Experience :

Any combination of education and experience that would provide required skills and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to :