What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - High Pointe House position at Tufts Medicine Care at Home?
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Job Overview
The Hospice RN provides delivery of quality hospice nursing care for patients in various settings, including patients under home health and hospice plans of care, residing in private homes, assisted living, skilled nursing facilities, and hospice inpatient facilities. The Hospice RN cares for patients and families that is reflective of the organization's core values. The Hospice RN is knowledgeable about and supportive of the primary nursing model.
Job Description
Minimum Qualifications:
- Massachusetts RN Licensure
Hours:
Full-Time 32-40HRs (Weekends Required)
Location:
High Pointe House, Haverhill MA
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides hospice nursing care to patients and families utilizing current principles of palliative care and symptom management to produce hospice outcomes.
- Utilizes nursing process and current standards of nursing practice in providing hospice care.
- Remains competent on technical nursing skills, such as IVs and G-tubes.
- Understands family dynamics and works effectively within various types of family systems.
- Utilizes resources appropriately and demonstrates the ability to act as a patient and family advocate, providing information to families about all available resources.
- Accurately addresses the need for additional services, communicates patient reports and status changes concisely and effectively.
- Assesses patient for need for Fall Precautions, updates Care Plan, Medication Profile, and HHA Treatment Plan routinely and as patient condition changes.
- Completes all nursing documentation per procedures and nursing standard of practice, including assessments, interventions, responses to interventions, communications, verbal orders, etc.
- Involves Team Leader and Medical Director in situations as appropriate.
- Understands how to maintain professional boundaries with patients and families.
- Assists in orientation of new staff and mentors LPNs and nursing students as requested.
- Pursues standards of excellence in performance as a Hospice RN.
- Works with Team Leader and Clinical Manager to identify opportunities for improvement in performance and works to address them.
- Competitive salaries and benefits that start on day one
- 403(b) retirement with company match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Fleet Car Program
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