Hospice Nursing Supervisor $10,000 Sign On Bonus- Elmhurst

About the Role

The registered nurse plans, organizes, and directs hospice care, emphasizing community health education and experience. The professional nurse builds from community resources to plan and direct services that meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.

Responsibilities

• Completes an initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
• Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process.
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by writing and initiating the plan of care.
• Regularly re-evaluates patient and family/caregiver needs and participates in revising the plan of care as necessary.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan that establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions, including the patient and family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Assists the patient with activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optimal comfort care.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required.
• Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
• Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.
• Supervises hospice aides.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
• One (1) to two (2) years of recent experience in home care.
• Current licensure in State and CPR certification.
• Bachelor’s degree, with one (1) year of hospice care experience preferred.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem-solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing.
• Able to lift, position, and/or transfer patients.
• Able to lift supplies and equipment.
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
• Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Hospice experience required.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance