1 PRN RN/after hours - Weekends Job in Key West, FL
Moments Hospice is Hiring a PRN RN/after hours - Weekends Near Key West, FL
RN CAse Manager Essential Job Functions/ResponsibilitiesPatient Care
- Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
- Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
- Assesses and evaluates patient's status by:
- Writing and initiating plan of care
- Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
- Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
- 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.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician's plan of care.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
- 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 Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
- Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient's condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
- Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs and reports changes in the patient's condition; obtains/receives physicians' orders as required.
- Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
- 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 utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group.
- Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient.
- Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
- Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
- Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.
- Nursing services shall be provided by or under the supervision of a registered nurse and shall consist of the following:
- Regularly assessing the patient's nursing needs, implementing the plan of care provisions to meet those needs and reevaluating the patient's nursing needs.
- Supervising and teaching other nursing personnel, including licensed practical nurses, nurse aides.
- Evaluating the effectiveness of delegated acts performed under the registered nurse's supervision.
- Highly specialized nursing services that are provided so infrequently that the provision of such services by direct hospice employees would be impracticable and prohibitively expensive, may be provided under contract.
- Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
- Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
- Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
- Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance and participation in continuing education and inservice classes.
- Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments.
- Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting, and one (1) to two (2) years of recent experience in home care.
- Current licensure in State and CPR certification.
- Bachelor's degree, with one (1) year of hospice care experience preferred.
- Management experience not required. Responsible for supervising hospice aides.
- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
- Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping bending, kneeling and/or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
- Medical Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Dental Benefits
- PTO
- 401K
- STD/LTD
- Life Insurance
- Flexibility
- Family-Feel and Positive working environment
Job Summary
Part Time
$79k-98k (estimate)
05/26/2024
07/22/2024
momentshospice.com
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
25 - 50
2016
RAQUEL BOSACKER
$10M - $50M
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About Moments Hospice
Moments Hospice is a Medicare Certified Hospice Agency serving 53 Counties in Minnesota, 69 Counties in Wisconsin and the Des Moines, IA metro area. We are focused on creating individual plans of care, because every patient and family is unique. Moments Hospice is committed to honoring patients and familys wishes during the end of life process. We take great pride in creating long lasting partnerships with our Hospitals, Facilities and Community partners by recognizing that we are guests in their facilities and that collaborating on a joint plan of care always results in the best outcome for t...he patient. It is our mission to help increase the communities awareness of the Hospice Benefit as we believe that everyone deserves to be comfortable with an optimal quality of life during the end of life process. Rather than a place, hospice is a philosophy - a program of care and support wherever patients need us. Our services extend to any location - a private residence, hospital, assisted living facility, or nursing home. Moments Hospice has defined as its mission to affirm life during its final stages by providing compassionate care to patients and their families; by providing access to hospice care for underserved or difficult to serve populations; by wise and efficient use of available resources, and by educating the community in order to provide them with knowledge regarding end-of-life and hospice care around quality of life.
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