HOSPICE REGISTERED NURSE (RN)

• Perform skilled hospice nursing visits in the patient's home or residential setting.
• Complete comprehensive and ongoing nursing assessments.
• Assess pain, symptoms, functional status, safety concerns, and changes in condition.
• Provide comfort-focused nursing care and symptom-management interventions.
• Administer and manage medications and treatments according to physician/practitioner orders and the hospice plan of care.
• Educate patients and caregivers regarding medications, disease progression, comfort measures, safety, and when to contact hospice.
• Develop, implement, review, and update nursing components of the individualized plan of care.
• Communicate changes in patient condition promptly to the appropriate hospice team members and provider.
• Participate in interdisciplinary group/team meetings and care-plan reviews.
• Coordinate patient care with physicians, nurse practitioners, social workers, chaplains, hospice aides, facilities, pharmacies, DME providers, and other members of the care team.
• Provide appropriate hospice aide supervision and ensure aide care is consistent with the patient's plan of care.
• Complete nursing documentation accurately and within agency-required timeframes.
• Assist with admissions, recertifications, transfers, discharges, deaths, and other hospice clinical processes as assigned.
• Provide patient and family education regarding hospice services and end-of-life care.
• Recognize and respond appropriately to changes in condition and symptom-management crises.
• Follow infection-control, emergency-preparedness, HIPAA, patient-rights, and agency policies.
• Participate in required orientation, annual education, competency evaluations, and quality-improvement activities.
• Provide on-call or after-hours coverage when scheduled.

• Current, unrestricted Georgia Registered Nurse (RN) license.
• Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
• Current CPR/BLS certification as required for assigned duties.
• Minimum 1 year of professional nursing experience preferred.
• Hospice, home health, palliative care, geriatrics, or end-of-life nursing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong clinical assessment and documentation skills.
• Ability to work independently in a home-based environment.
• Excellent communication and patient/family education skills.
• Reliable transportation.
• Valid driver's license and automobile insurance, as applicable to assigned travel.
• Ability to successfully complete required background screening and agency onboarding requirements.
• Ability to use an electronic medical record (EMR) system.

• Compassionate and patient-centered
• Dependable and punctual
• Comfortable caring for terminally ill patients
• Strong in pain and symptom assessment
• Organized with documentation
• Able to communicate effectively with physicians and the interdisciplinary team
• Comfortable educating and supporting families
• Able to recognize significant changes in a patient's condition
• Respectful of patient choices, dignity, culture, and end-of-life wishes