Registered Nurse (RN) Visit Nurse | Home Hospice

About the role

You Belong at Avera – be part of a multidisciplinary team built with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. Responsible for utilizing the nursing process to provide nursing care for Avera@Home patients following the ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice. The Nurse assumes responsibility for the outcome of nursing care provided to patients in their homes or in facilities and demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide exceptional care for the population served.

Responsibilities

• Collects patient health data.
• Analyzes the assessment data in determining nursing diagnoses/problem focus.
• Identifies expected outcomes/goals individualized to the patient.
• Develops a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Implements the interventions identified in the plan of care.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress toward attainment of the outcomes.
• Systemically evaluates the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Collaborates with the patient, significant others, and healthcare providers in providing patient care.
• Utilizes research/evidence-based findings in practice if appropriate.
• Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost in planning, and delivering patient care.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily including having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer. This position requires a valid driver’s license and that the employee is insurable by the Avera Health automobile liability insurance carrier. Upon hire, a Registered Nurse (RN) license active in the state of practice is required. Preferred: minimum two (2) years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience. Commit