Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) - Hospice - PRN - NOC Shift - Weekend

Join our team at Stillwater Hospice!
At Stillwater Hospice, we promote and support growth, teamwork, and a healthy work-life balance among all staff members.
We offer competitive wages and benefits in our team-forward, positive care environment. In this role, you will care for patients in our recently renovated Inpatient Unit on the Fort Wayne Campus.
You will work As Needed on Nights and Weekends shifts. Could include partial shifts. Hospice Home (IPU) shifts are 12 hours long. This is an overnight and weekend PRN position.
403b Retirement Plan for all employees with no cost access to a Financial Advisor and a strong Company Match for full-time employees.

• Shift Incentive Pay, Performance Incentives, & Mileage Reimbursement.
• Murphy Community Grief Center.
• A newly remodeled, modern Inpatient Unit.
• Newly built Staff Respite Room in the Hospice Home IPU.
• Wellness/Health Events, Quarterly Employee Benefit Fairs, Organization picnics, and Organization holiday events.

~ INPATIENT RN

REPORTS TO: Assistant Director of Nursing
Providing nursing care for assigned terminally ill patients by assessing needs, coordinating the interdisciplinary care plan, implementing nursing interventions, making appropriate revisions, and evaluating care outcomes.
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
# A Bachelor's degree in Nursing is preferred.

Prefer one year of recent hospital or home health care experience.
Must have a current RN license to practice in Indiana.
Ability to identify needs and emergencies of hospice patients and provide appropriate interventions.
Must be comfortable working with hospice patients, focusing on palliative care.
Implement agency-approved clinical policies and procedures in all work-related situations.
Demonstrates understanding of hospice philosophy and concept of care and considers the patient/family as the unit of care.
Orients patient/family to hospice services, including identifying the role of team members.
Identifies patient health problems by assessing psychosocial, spiritual, physiological, and health behavior systems.
Participates in obtaining and documenting admission and assessment data.
Documents findings accurately, in a timely manner, and on appropriate forms according to Agency procedures.
Delivers nursing care to patients, which includes teaching, providing direct care, case management, referral, advocacy, monitoring pain and symptom management, and initiating appropriate interventions.
Remains flexible for unit coverage and accepts responsibility under adverse conditions, such as weather-related crises.
Participates in appropriate staff and holiday rotation.
Follows orders from the patient's physician and informs the physician and other team members of changes in the patient's condition and needs.
Coordinates care and services with other health care providers.
Identifies the need for and obtains additional orders from physicians.
Plans and implements patient discharge plans in conjunction with patient/family, nurse, physician, and Agency goals.
Attend and participate in Patient Care Conferences or team meetings as appropriate.
Recommends utilization of additional agency services and other community services as appropriate.
Provides clinical supervision to LPNs and CNAs
Instructs LPNs and CNAs on specific patient care procedures in accordance with approved Agency policies.
Seeks appropriate clinical supervision.
Ensure proper initiation of the initial plan of care, evaluate outcomes, and coordinate revisions as necessary.
Assumes responsibility for continued personal growth and development.
Adheres to all Stillwater Hospice policies.
Adheres to Stillwater Hospice privacy practices as described in the Notice of Privacy Practices.
Participates in quality improvement activities and/or other agency committees or task forces when requested.
Proficient and timely in all aspects of clinical documentation, including computer data entry.

• Proficient in blood draws, all routine patient treatments (such as dressing changes, catheter care, etc.), pain and symptom management, and caring for patients and their families, including pediatric and HIV-positive patients; Proficient in case management, all aspects of IV care, including programming of IV pumps, tubing changes, site care, and subcutaneous access.
• Display compassion, be a team player, have an optimistic outlook, be adaptive, accountable, and customer-driven.

Provides personal care.
Participate in Quality Assurance by reviewing patient records to ensure compliance.
Transfer patients into positions where they can perform daily care, personal hygiene, and grooming - Occasional to Frequent.
Personal hygiene supplies to and from the bathroom to the patient - Frequent. While performing patient care - Frequent to Constant.
To perform patient care - Frequent.
Must have visual and hearing ability to comprehend written and verbal communication.
Must have the ability to remain calm in occasional emergency situations.
Recognizes emergencies and has knowledge of emergency procedures, according to Agency policies.
Potential exposure to environmental pollutants.
Potential exposure to infectious diseases, needle sticks, blood and body fluids, and hazardous waste.
Potential exposure to harm from pets visiting patients on the hospice unit.
Must be willing to travel in inclement weather.

CHEMICAL OR HAZARDOUS PHYSICAL EXPOSURES:

Potential exposure to substances within the facility, including copy machine toner, VDT emissions, cleaning solvents, and medical supply chemicals.
Potential exposure to chemical/cleaning substances in the hospice environment.

ESSENTIAL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED:

~ The employer provides protective clothing and equipment.

Must exhibit dependability in areas such as attendance, tardiness, and timely performance of duties.

The published compensation range for this position reflects a good-faith estimate of starting base pay for full-time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. Stillwater Hospice has been caring for the seriously ill of Northeast Indiana since 1888, and our goal is to foster the optimal quality of life through medical, spiritual, and emotional support for patients and their loved ones. We provide high-quality, patient-focused, and compassionate care that helps terminally ill patients and their families live as fully as possible. Providing hospice care allows patients and their families to have meaningful moments together.