AvoCare- Part Time Registered Nurse- San Tan

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide home visits for palliative care patients who have a chronic or serious illness and need symptom management and/or education
• Document in EMR- assessment, patient status, and outcome, goals of care needs, after each visit
• Ensure regulatory compliance with documentation requirements
• Adhere to HIPPA at all times
• Identify patient needs and initiate appropriate goals updating as needed
• Communicate and coordinate on a consistent basis with members of team, other healthcare providers involved in pt care and Insurance Case Managers
• Act as a liaison and advocate for PC patients admitted to the hospital
• Participate and assist in any quality improvement or other studies involving palliative care
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and participate by providing patient updates
• Participate in regular scheduled staff meetings and inservices

Qualifications

• RN or LPN with minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent experience
• Past nursing experience should be in a transferable or applicable clinical venue
• Currently licensed as a Registered or Practical Nurse to practice in the State of Arizona
• Demonstrates clinical competency; ability to collaborate with others; ability to initiate and plan own work activities; effective time management skills and professionalism
• Possess and maintain good physical stamina and mental health

Skills

Tactical: Notifies patient prior to visit and communicates further visits scheduled. Drives responsibly and safely to and from client’s place of residence. Schedules priorities and maintains productivity utilizing time management. Provides appropriate and thorough service to patients/clients, ensuring proper completion of services in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with agency policy. Always demonstrates respectable customer service and professionalism.

Documents patient’s/client’s care using appropriate agency forms and submit to agency within appropriate timeline. Maintains continuity of care and documents communications with others within the health care team. Demonstrates work that meets quality standards. Assists in periodic auditing of paperwork of self/peers. Adheres to Agency Code of Conduct, Standards of Practice, and Patients/Patient Rights.

Demonstrates professionalism in appearance, adhering to agency dress code. Accessible transportation to and from patients visits. Ability to lift 30 pounds, move intermittently throughout the workday, inclusive of sitting, standing and bending, pushing, pulling or moving objects and patients/clients.

Benefits

Flexible scheduling and coverage areas

Pay

Negotiable based on experience and qualifications

Schedule

Part-time position available