Full Job Description
Hospice Admissions Registered Nurse / RN
Pay range (depending on experience): $55- $60/ Per hour Open to discussion! Flexible!
Schedule/Shift: Full Time
Territory/Location: Salem, OR
Responsibilities:
- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
- Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
- Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
- Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs and reports changes in the patient's condition; obtains/receives physicians' orders as required.
- Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate. Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilize opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group
Qualifications:
- Graduate from an accredited school of nursing. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Current state license as a Registered Nurse.
- Minimum of 1 year of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
- Minimum of 1 year of recent experience in home care, preferably in hospice.
- Valid driver's license and reliable, insured transportation.
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