Respite House Registered Nurse, RN

Part Time (24hrs/week) / Day (7a - 7:30p) / Saturdays and Sunda

The University of Vermont Health Network McClure Miller Respite House provides inpatient hospice carefor people with terminal illness. The McClure Miller Respite House is a unique model in health care and Vermont's only Medicare-certified inpatient hospice residence. Our mission is supported by our dedicated staff and community volunteers during the last chapter of people's lives while sustaining dignity, respect and caring relationships.

The RN provides hospice and palliative care focused on maintaining quality of life for patients by performing a full range of skilled nursing care. This position focuses on patient care and education to meet the physical and emotional needs of patients, while providing support to families.

Ability to:

• Provide a full range of skilled nursing care to terminally ill patients in a home for the terminally ill, under general personal and procedural clinical supervision.
• Provide emotional support and general companionship to patients, their families, and other caregivers, before and after death, as appropriate to individual circumstances.
• Admit patients and conduct comprehensive initial assessments.
• Confer with patients' families, physicians, and other service providers to coordinate services, discuss patients' status, needs and problems, and provide information on available resources for funerals/burial/cremation.
• Prepare all required clinical and administrative documentation related to assigned activities, including admissions write-ups, chart notes, documentation of conversations, care plans, etc.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or higher in Nursing
• Valid RN license from the State of Vermont
• One or more years of directly related home, public health or hospice nursing experience preferred