Registered Nurse- Hospice Health

Job Description

Job Description As an Admissions Nurse for our Hospice team, you will:

Traveling to CHLs and homes to see our hospice clients and their families

Complete initial, resumption, follow up, a significant change of status and discharge assessments including comprehensive head to toe assessment, HIS assessment, and all associated assessments with admission or discharge

Initiate an individualized plan of care, and update the plan of care for resumptions, significant change in status, and re-certifications.

Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis

Obtain, implement, perform and maintain orders as received by physicians overseeing patient care services

Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician

Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs

Provide health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care

Assist the patient with activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.