What are the responsibilities and job description for the Afterhours Palliative Care RN - Advanced Illness Management - fast-growing healthcare company (Hiring Immediately) position at Illumia?
Our Company :
Illumia Health is a fast-growing part of Gentiva, an industry leader in hospice and palliative care. Our clinical teams serve as an extension of physicians’ care, partnering with them and other specialists to offer advanced illness management, a specialized form of high-touch palliative care designed to provide relief from the symptoms and stress of illness while improving quality of life wherever our patients call home. This flexible, collaborative approach is provided alongside curative treatments as an extra layer of physical, emotional, and social support. As a close-knit team bringing compassionate expertise to the unique journey of every patient, we proudly celebrate each other’s successes in an inclusive atmosphere of generous support and rewarding career growth.
Overview :
Join us to make a difference when life matters most
We believe every day is an opportunity to make care more personal and life more comfortable. That’s why we offer personal care, palliative care and hospice to give people the care they need with dignity, grace, and love.?
The Afterhours RN in our Advanced Illness Management (AIM) program will report directly to the Director of AIM. Responsible for identifying and coordinating patient / family needs and for providing preventive and supportive care to the palliative patients and family. Utilizes assessment, intervention, and teaching skills to maximize patient comfort and to enhance the quality of life. Assumes afterhours coverage for the designated teams and functions as an interdisciplinary advanced illness management and support, along with telephonic, video, and in person interventions afterhours.
As a Registered Nurse / RN, you will :
- Be able to triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit
- Respond appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families after hours
- Make the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for palliative serves, as part of a patient visit, within 48 hours of referral
- Identify the patient / family’s physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed
- Collaborate with the patient / family, attending physician and other members of IDG in providing patient and family care
- Timely document the problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient / family response to palliative care
- Maintain accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient’s condition
- Be responsible to effectively communicate with members of the AIM team, clinical supervisor, and the patient’s PCP, if any, regarding changes in patient status and / or patient needs occurring during afterhours call
- Report patient condition and any identified needs / issues to supervisor, nurse practitioner, or PCP
- Assist in overseeing the utilization of medications, DME and supplies related to the plan of care in a manner consistent with the needs of the patent, physician orders, and the performance goals of the AIM agency
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