Admissions RN

About the role

Montgomery Hospice, Inc., one of the nation’s first independent, non-profit hospice providers, has served as a regional center of excellence for hospice and palliative care since 1981, and has deep roots in our community.

Responsibilities

• Accurately assesses patients and family needs.
• Identifies and recommends medical equipment and supplies that will assist in maintaining patient’s comfort and caregivers’ ability to provide care.
• Identifies the need for additional services, including nutritional assessment, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy and initiates appropriate referrals.
• Assesses need for and educates caregivers on safety and emergency preparedness, including safe use of medical equipment.
• Conveys physician’s requests to appropriate staff on appropriate forms.

Requirements

• Current state of Maryland Nursing License.
• CHPN preferred.
• Graduation from an accredited nursing program.
• B.S.N preferred.
• Two years of recent clinical experience, preferably with hospice and or critical care.
• Previous hospice or home experience strongly preferred.

Qualifications

To review benefits, please visit our website: https://montgomeryhospice.org/about-us/careers/

Skills

Not specified

Benefits

Yes

Pay

FullTime:$80,000/Yr$100,000/Yr or OnCall: $10/Hr, $300/visit

Schedule

FullTime, 4 shifts/week and one weekend/month