What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Center RN Part-time Day Shift position at Compass Regional Hospice?
Compass is a non‐profit organization providing Hospice Care, Palliative Care, and Grief Support Services in Queen Anne’s, Kent, and Caroline Counties.
We would like to invite you to consider joining our team. While we feel that working in this industry is a calling and we know that it is not something that everyone will consider, we invite you, if you feel led, to review the opening below.
When you accept a position with Compass you are fulfilling a role that is much larger than any one person. Our positions are designed to support one another to allow us to focus on what matters the most – providing excellent care to our patients and their family during a most sacred time.
Hospice Center RN Part-time Day Shift
The Hospice Center Nurse is responsible for identifying patient/family needs and for providing supportive care in accordance with the Center Manager and attending physician’s orders and plan of care.
In this role, your responsibilities will include:
- Assume shared responsibility for patients who reside in the hospice center and their families to include the assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating phases of the nursing process.
- Promotes involvement of the patient/family in the plan of care with emphasis placed on pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support.
- Initiate communication with attending physicians, other hospice staff members and other agencies as needed to coordinate optimal care and use of resources for the patient/family.
- Maintain regular communication with the attending physician concerning patient/family status.
- Maintain communication with the Center Manager and Medical Director regarding the general inpatient (GIP) level of care patients.
- Maintain up-to-date patient records so that problems, plans, actions, and goals are accurately and clearly stated, and changes are reflected as they occur.
- Accept responsibility for coordinating physical care of the patient by teaching primary caregivers, volunteers, and employed caregivers or by providing direct care as appropriate.
- Supervise and update the health aide plan of care.
- Inform the Center Manager of unusual or potentially problematic patient/family issues.
Minimum Qualifications
- Registered Nurse from an accredited college or university.
- Possession of a current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in the State of Maryland.
- 2-3 years of varied work experience as a professional nurse, hospice experience preferred.
- 1-2 years’ experience working in an acute care setting.
- Ability to cope with emotional stress
Work Scheduling
- Requires two 12-hour shifts per week, 8AM - 8PM, to provide patient care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at the hospice center.
FLSA Status
This position is classified as non-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE), Compass Regional Hospice employs, retains, promotes, terminates, and treats all employees and job applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications and competence without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
