Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice

The Sequoia Difference

At Sequoia Home Health and Hospice, we’re passionate about our work and take pride in the quality of service we provide. Our community is uniquely diverse, and it’s our aim to fulfill the unique needs of our patients through excellent individualized care.

Our focus is to help facilitate a smooth and safe transition home and provide life-changing service with the amount of care and dignity our patients and their families deserve.

Sequoia Hospice is growing and looking for experienced Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY

The Registered Nurse (RN) plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs
• Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)
• Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process
• Assess and evaluates patient’s status
• Write and initiate plan of care
• Re-evaluate patient and family/caregiver needs
• Participate in revising the plan of care
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
• Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care
• Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs
• Provide health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan
• Assist the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care
• Act as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• CA RN License
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience, hospice experience is a plus
• Excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communications; nursing skills per competency checklist
• Able to organize and prioritize workload independently
• Current CPR certification
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order
• Able to work with minimal supervision

Pay Range: $60.00 - $65.00 per hour

Why Sequoia Home Health & Hospice?

Sequoia Home Health is part of the Cornerstone Group with about 75 home health and hospice agencies throughout the country. While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team. We understand we are nothing without great employees! It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve. Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Bay Area!

What makes us unique? At Sequoia Home Health, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind:

• Celebration
• Accountability
• Passion for Learning
• Love One Another
• Intelligent Risk Taking
• Customer Second
• Ownership

We’d love to meet with you if you are passionate about giving exceptional patient care and creating the best Home Health and Hospice agency in the Bay Area!