What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice RN position at Texas County Memorial Hospital?
Hospice RN
Hospice
Full-Time; Day Shift
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
SUMMARY: The Registered Nurse is responsible to the Nurse Managers for the delivery of patient care through the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, and other duties as assigned. The Registered Nurse functions within the limits of the Missouri Nurse Practice Act and performs in a comparable manner to peers with similar training, experience, and circumstances.
EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited Registered Nurse program, BSN preferred.
EXPERIENCE: Six (6) months home care experience preferred. Computer skills preferred. 3 – 6 months experience in Med/Surg or nursing home. 1 year Hospice experience preferred.
LICENSURE, REGISTRATION, CERTIFICATION: Current RN license in the state of Missouri. CPR certification. Current driver’s license and declaration of automobile liability insurance.
MENTAL/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS (may be met with or without reasonable accommodations): Ability to stand and walk for long periods of time and to walk up and down flights of stairs. Ability to receive and express detailed information through oral communications, visual acuity, and the ability to read and understand written directions. Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills. Ability to safely operate an automobile. Standing, walking, sitting, lifting, turning carrying, pushing, pulling, stooping, crouching, twisting, and reaching are required. Must be able to lift 20 lbs. from floor and from overhead, 40 lbs. from waist height and be able to handle, move or transfer articles of 100 lbs. regularly and over 100 lbs. periodically; in concert with other employee(s)/person(s) and/or lifting device; exercise good body mechanics in execution of essential duties, including appropriate back and neck posture.
WORKING CONDITIONS: Frequent exposure to communicable disease via blood and body fluids. Frequent exposure to infectious diseases and hostile persons at times. Works with sharps and other potentially biohazardous materials. Variation in environmental temperatures. Exposure to various community environments. Exposure to dogs, cats, etc. Participate in rotational on-call, fund-raising efforts. Available for work after hours as needed for continuous home care, etc.
Human development can be divided into eight stages. In each stage the individual has a primary task to accomplish or master. Each task is important throughout the life span but is most critical at a particular stage.
- Infant (0-1 year): The infant must learn to trust that his/her needs will be met.
- Toddler (1-3 years): The toddler must learn to develop a sense of himself as an independent person and gain self-confidence and self-control.
- Pre-school child (3-6 years): The pre-school child must develop a sense if initiating (being able to explore the world and start projects).
- School age child (6-12 years): The school age child must develop a sense to his/her own self-worth through accomplishments and interaction with others.
- Adolescent (13-20 years): the adolescent must develop his/her own identity.
- Young adult (21-43 years): The young adult must develop close relationships.
- Middle adult (44-65 years): The middle adult must develop a sense of community and assume responsibility for others.
- Older adult (65 years and older): The older adult must come to understand the meaning of his/her life in terms of what has been accomplished.
Texas County Memorial Hospital is a tobacco-free smoke-free facility.
