Registered Nurse Hospice

About the role

Lead with Heart. Be the Difference. Transform End-of-Life Care.

Join our company, where every day is an opportunity to deliver personalized, meaningful hospice and palliative care to patients facing life-limiting illness. We support patients and their families with dignity, comfort, and love.

Compensation

Compensation may vary within the salary range provided based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate’s location, experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications and department equity.

Benefits

Gentiva provides associates with a comprehensive benefits and total rewards package, of which base pay is just one piece.

Essential Functions

• Perform comprehensive patient assessments and reassessments including in-person/telephonic RN assessments/screenings and provide education to patients, family members and caregivers as appropriate.
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions and symptom management aligned with goals of care.
• Develop and update individualized plans of care including patient visit frequency to meet individual needs and risk identification.
• Career Advancement Opportunities
• Must be able to demonstrate flexibility by performing a variety of tasks, often changing from one to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure.

Core Competencies

• Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families along with understanding of hospice; ability to apply knowledge of the special needs of hospice patient and families;
• Knowledge of roles of all disciplines providing hospice services;
• Excellent patient assessment skills;
• Knowledge of community resources;
• Good oral and written communication skills;
• Documentation and program management;
• Knowledge of general nursing practice;
• Thorough knowledge of managed care principles, regulatory guidelines (i.e., Medicare, Medicaid, ACHC, and human resource management principles).

Equipment/Tools/Work-Aids

• Must be able to effectively operate nursing assessment tools, computers, facsimile equipment, copier and cell phone/beeper.
• Must have and maintain transportation to be used for work.