RN Hospice Visit Nurse Power Weekend

Hospice Visit Nurse-Power Weekends

Job Type: Full-time, Non-Exempt
Schedule: Power Weekends 7p-7a
Location: 9 counties, Indiana/ Michigan

We are seeking an experienced Visit Nurse with to join our team. Our team does amazing work that profoundly improves the quality of life of our patients and their families. Rediscover your passion for healthcare and the rewarding one-to-one patient connections that inspired you to enter healthcare to begin with.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package for eligible full-time employees, which includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending account options
• Retirement plan with employer contribution
• Employer-paid life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Wellness and healthy lifestyle benefits
• Employee peer recognition program
• Annual anniversary/retention bonus opportunities
• Competitive paid time off (PTO)

Full details of benefits and specific eligibility (including any minimum scheduled hours for certain benefits) are provided during the interview and onboarding process.

Patient Care:
• Assesses patient needs and evaluates symptoms and progress through the comprehensive assessment of the patient.
• Executes the therapeutic regime of treatments, medications, and plan of care as prescribed.
• Provides holistic, patient/family-centered care, as prescribed, in the patient's residence to improve the quality of life.
• Functions within Agency guidelines for patient care productivity.
• Consults and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the patient's care.
• Initiates or facilitates referral of patient and/or family to appropriate Agency or community resources.
• Performs admissions as assigned.
• Provides supervision of LPN, Home Health, and Hospice Aides in accordance with agency policy and regulatory requirements.
• Accurately records and reports pertinent facts and observations regarding patients condition and response to treatment. Also documents on ECF chart, if applicable.
• Reports appropriate information to the case manager, and the interdisciplinary team, by ensuring verbal and written reports are clear, concise and timely.
• Documents problems, nursing assessments, care provided, care interventions and patient and family outcomes in the clinical record at the point of care.
• Assures the ECF chart’s Agency section contains necessary information for Agency/ECF compliance, if applicable.
• Teaches patient (or ECF staff as applicable) self-care.
• Teaches those parts of patient care appropriate for each family to provide.
• Teaches indication, side effects, and contraindication of all medications.
• Assists the patient’s family (and ECF staff if applicable) with understanding the illness, dying process, plan of care, and needs of the patient.
• Committed to Agency resolution against fraud and abuse.
• Knowledgeable in hospice philosophy, LCD, and state and federal rules and regulations.
• Arrives to work and meetings on time and ready to work.
• Respects confidentiality of patients/families and other Agency employees.
• Attends nurse meetings, educational meetings/conferences for professional growth as required.
• Participates in nursing validations as required.
• Participates in agency infection control plan.
• Sees change as an opportunity and maintains a level of flexibility, which allows for adaptation to new
ways of performing.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Possesses the ability to perform the following tasks for varying periods of time: standing, walking, sitting, lifting objects up to 75 lbs., pushing/pulling objects up to 200 lbs., climbing stairs, stooping, kneeling, twisting, bending, reaching overhead and in front of body, simultaneous use of both hands, wrists, and fingers.
• Possesses the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions that include, but are not limited to
the following: adverse weather conditions, dust, fumes, tobacco smoke, noise, closed-in spaces or
rooms, and locations with poor or improper lighting and glare.
• May be required to work in shifts that may be steady or rotating.
• Possesses the ability to operate and drive an automobile while maintaining a valid driver's license and current automobile insurance. Requires use of personal vehicle.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Maintains current nursing licensure in Indiana and Michigan preferred CPR certification.