First Call Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team!JOB SUMMARYThe 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.
- Complete 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
- 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
- Provide health care instructions to the patient per assessment and plan
- Assist the patient with the activities of daily living
- Facilitate 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- Active CA RN License
- Hospice experience preferred
- Ability for prolonged or considerable walking or standing
- Ability to lift, position, and/or transfer patients
- Ability to lift supplies and equipment.
- Ability for considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
- Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills
- Maintains a current CPR certification
Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hou
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.
