Overview

Position Summary:  In this role you are responsible for providing ongoing guidance and direction to the nursing team, in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, for patients with life-limiting or terminal illnesses. This is an opportunity to share your skills and compassion with those who genuinely need your support and expertise to facilitate improved quality of life during a challenging time. This is a Hospice Position

Essential Functions: Ensures the provision of quality nursing service by assigned staff. Provides ongoing direction, guidance and evaluation of hospice nurses and ensures that professional standards are maintained. Assesses requests for hospice service and initiates measures to provide for meeting identified service needs.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates the level of competency and general professional performance of their staff and conducts supervisory visits in the field.
• Identifies the in-service educational needs of staff individually and collectively and participates in planning and implementing appropriate orientation.
• Directs and guides staff in their professional development in performing job responsibilities.
• Maintains, improves, and applies knowledge of principles, practices, and techniques of management.
• Analyzes the caseload to ensure provision of appropriate and adequate service and to determine staffing needs.
• Maintains clinical skills and professional nursing competency.
• Assumes responsibility for professional growth and continuing education.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with staff, peers, supervisors, and community agencies.
• Maintains effective communication among peers to facilitate maximum daily coverage to all patients.
• May be required to provide patient care in the field in times of organizational need.
• Provides administrative back-up for evening and weekend staff. Supports on-call triage staff to ensure adequate on call coverage with schedules.
• Directs and guides staff in caseload management and establishing priorities.
• Insures that assigned nursing staff communicates with other Inter-disciplinary team members to facilitate coordination of patient care.
• in-service programs in cooperation with Education and Quality leadership.
• Completes all workflow tasks assigned in software.
• Ensures documentation is current and accurate and in keeping with hospice policies.
• Interprets hospice service & programs to patients, families, community, and other agencies.
• Participates in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement activities.
• Participates in planning, implementing, and evaluating hospice services and programs.
• Complies with Agency's Personnel Policies and Procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Requires hospice care experience.
• Current Pennsylvania RN License

Education: BSN preferred