Hospice Registered Nurse (Philadelphia County)

Job Description

Job Description

Join KeystoneCare as a Hospice Registered Nurse ( Philadelphia County)

Make your next career move one that empowers you to be independent, creative, and deeply fulfilledcaring for those who need it most at the end of life.

At Keystone Hospice , youll join a compassionate, communityfocused, MedicareCertified and CHAPaccredited agency serving the greater Philadelphia area. Our nurses are innovators in palliative and endoflife care, blending advanced clinical pain management with holistic, creative therapiesand living our mission to serve every patient, regardless of diagnosis or financial resources.

Whether care takes place in a patients home or in a hospice setting, our belief is simple and unwavering:
Every person deserves to die with dignity, free from pain, supported by compassionand every family deserves the same care and guidance.

As a Hospice RN Case Manager , you become a crucial part of an interdisciplinary team that surrounds each patient and family with expert medical care, emotional support, and personalized attention. This is nursing at its most human, its most impactful, and its most meaningful.

See what it's like to work for KeystoneCare:

KeystoneCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Determine scope and frequency of services needed based on acuity and patient/family needs.
• Meet patient care needs aimed at specific signs and symptoms management, diagnosis/disease progression, patient education and compliance to promote healing and manage pain and symptoms.
• Promote maximum patient quality of life within patient limitations.
• Maximize patient and family compliance with plan of care.
• Coordination of care for efficient, comprehensive patient care in a team approach.
• Establish plan of care for CNA/HHA disciplines and performs ongoing supervision as mandated by agency policy.
• Maintains a current knowledge of the nursing profession by participation in educational programs, conferences and in-services.
• Documentation includes appropriate terminology, reflects treatment given, patient response, results and pain, if any.
• Documentation is submitted in a timely manner.

Requirements

• Naturally flexible and empathetic toward others
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Current RN license in good standing to practice in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
• Minimum of one year experience in the homecare or a medical/surgical setting
• Experience with pain and symptom management interventions
• Understanding of hospice philosophy, principles of death/dying
• Maintains clinical and professional competence
• CPR certified
• Driver's License and Car Insurance in good standing
• Reliable vehicle
• Possesses the ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Possesses the ability to communicate effectively with all members of the care team
• Possesses good organizational skills.

Benefits

Amazing Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off

• Mileage reimbursement between patients
• Paid Holidays for Full-time staff
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Aflac plans available for Full-time staff
• $25K Company Paid Life Insurance Policy for full-time staff
• Retirement plan with discretionary employer match