Riverside Hospice | Admissions SOC RN | Part Time NE | Grants Pass, OR

Riverside Home Health Care and Hospice•Grants Pass, OR

21h

About The Position

The SOC or Admission Registered Nurse p lans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in n u rsing, with emp h asis on comm u nity health educati o n/experience. T h e pr o fessional nurse builds fr o m the resources of t h e c o mmu n ity to p lan and direct ser v ices to meet the needs of in d i v iduals and families within t h eir h o mes and c o mmunities. The Registered Nurse will be de d icated to the Missio n , Core Values and C are C o mmitments of Riverside and will work diligently to provide “Life Changing Service.”

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of n u rsing. O n e ( 1 ) t o two ( 2 ) years of recent ac u te care experience in an i n stit u tional setting, and one ( 1 ) to two (2) years of recent experience in hospice preferred .
Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in t h e State(s) of planned practice.
Possesses and maintai n s C PR certification.
Must be a lice n sed d river w ith an a u t o mo b ile t h at is insured in acc o rdance with state a n d/ o r organizati o n requirements and is in go od worki n g or d er.
Excellent o b servation, ver b al and written commu n ication skills, problem solvi n g skills, basic math skills; n u rsing skills per competency chec k list.
Self-directed and able t o work with mi n imal super v ision.
Capable of pr o lon g ed or considerable w a l k ing o r standing. A b le to lift, p o sitio n and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and e q ui p ment. Capable of consi d erable reachi n g, stoo p ing b endin g , kneeling, and/ o r crouching. Possesses visual ac u ity and hearin g to perf o rm required nursin g skills.

Responsibilities

Provides p rofessio n al n ursing care by utilizing all elements of n u rsing p rocess a n d as defined in the state N u rse P ractice Act.
Wor k s with i n take, Cli n ical Manager, and/or DPS to c o ordi n ate patient start of care in a timely manner .
Educates p atient/caregiver regar d ing regulatory comp o nents f o r hospice a d missio n . Documentation of t h is education will be c o mpleted i n t h e patient’s medical rec o rd.
Obtai n s verbal o rder Certification o f T e rminal Illness from Me d ical Direct o r and Attending Physician, if any .
Obtai n s c o nse n ts for hospice services .
Completes an i n itial com p rehensive assessment o f patient and family/caregi v er to determine care needs.
Completes a comprehensi v e medication review an d reconciliation .
Establishes t h e i n itial indi v idualize d plan of care in collaboration with the attendi n g physician, if any, and hospice medical director based on comprehe n si v e assessment and patient g o als.
Admission documentation is c o mpleted within 24 ho u rs.
Attends required staff meetings and inter d isci p li n ary g roup meetings.
Participates in o n-call d u ties as defined by t h e on-call policy.
Ensures that arrangements for equi p ment and ot h er n ecessary items and ser v ices are available.
Super v ises a n cillary p ersonnel and delegates respo n si b ilities w h en required.
Coordinates p atient care in tandem w ith RN Case Manager as assigned by Clinical Manager.
Assumes resp o nsibility for personal gro w th and devel o pment and mai n tains and u pgrades p rofessional knowledge an d practice s k ills t h rough attendance and participation i n conti n uin g educati o n and in- ser v ice classes.
Fulfills the obligati o n of requested and/ o r accepted case assig n ments.
Acti v ely partici p ates in quality assessment perf o rmance impr o vement teams a n d activities or ot h er committees as assigned.
May b e required to work o utside of desig n ated geographical area based on census fl u ct u ations and current staffin g .
Completes mandat o ry education requirements annuall y to maintain com p etence .
May b e required to v isit p atients in h o mes that are not clean, or in p oor repair, have poor ventilation , are infested with insects or ro d ents, and secondhand smo k e.
Driving conditi o ns may be difficult related to weat h er and/ o r traffic.
Mai n tains knowledge o f and adheres to all applica b le laws, r u les , and standards.
Participates in the orientation of n ew emplo y ees and precept o rship o f students as assigned.
Meets productivity expectations.
Completes on g oing comprehensive assessment of patient and family/caregiver to d etermine hospice needs. Provides a com p lete physical assessment and history of current and previ ou s illness(es).
Assesses and eval u ates patient’s status by: A. Regularl y re-eval u ating p atient and famil y /caregiver n eeds . B. Participati n g in revising the plan of care in collaborati o n with the attending physician, if any, and hospice medical d irect o r as the patient status a n d needs chan g e.
Develo p s a care plan that establishes i n terventi o ns an d goals i n cor p orating palliative nursi n g acti o ns. Includes t h e patient and the family/caregiver in the planning p rocess.
Wor k s a u ton o mo u sly to initiate appropriate preventive and palliati v e care n ursing procedures. Admi n isters medicati o ns a n d treatments as p rescribed b y the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
Involves the patient and family/caregiver to address n eeds and meet related goals.
Provides h ealth care i n structio n s t o t h e patient as appr o priate per assessment and p lan.
Facilitates the patient’s eff o rts toward self-sufficiency or o b tainin g appropriate caregi v ing and o p timal comfort care.
Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Cli n ical Manager and ass u mes responsi b ility to coor d inate patient care for assigned casel o ad.
Documents patient ser v ices and status timely and accurately within professional practice standards and reimb u rsement requirements.
Recor d s pain/sympt o m management changes/o u tcomes as appr o priate.
Communicates with the p h ysician regar d ing the patient’s nee d s and reports c h anges in the patient’s condition; o btai n s/receives physicians’ or d ers as required.
Communicates with community health related persons to coor d inate the care plan.
Sets up an in d ivi d ual emer g ency p reparedness plan.
Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as ap p ro p riate. P r o vides medication, diet and other instructio n s as ordered by the physician and reco g nizes and u tilizes o pp ortu n ities f o r health counseling with patients a n d families/caregivers. Wor k s in concert with t h e i n terdisci p linar y gr o up.
Assists the patient and family/caregi v er and other team members in p roviding continuity o f care.
Wor k s in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice i n terdisciplinary g ro u p to meet the em o ti o nal nee d s of t h e patient and family/caregi v er.