Staff Nurse - Full Time -Hospice Homecare (Florence County)
McLeod Health · Florence, SC · 1 mo ago
On-siteHealthcareFull-time
About the role
Maintains a professional image and exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, and co-workers in accordance with our Service Excellence Standards and Core Values. Must be empathetic, responsible, able to use time effectively, and willing to work with a team.
Responsibilities
- Assesses the needs of patients based on initial referral evaluation, nursing assessment and review of any diagnostic data.
- Develops a plan of care based on problems described/observed during the initial evaluation and nursing assessment.
- Provides appropriate care interventions consistent with the written plan of care which reflects the physicians prescribed medical plan.
- Serves as a case manager and interdisciplinary leader for each of her assigned patients, coordinating all members of the interdisciplinary team in providing high quality Hospice care.
- Attends team conferences and relays pertinent information to clinical manager and interdisciplinary team.
- Recognizes signs and symptoms of the actively dying patients & communicates this information to team members.
- Captures inpatient care, respite care, continuous care and routine home care when appropriate.
- Participates in an on-call rotation to maintain 24/7 RN availability.
- Completes documentation, assignments, and synchronizes electronic device according to policy and procedure.
Qualifications / Training
- Current South Carolina RN License.
- At least one year of nursing experience, and if applicable completion of a nursing refresher course within the past year.
- Current South Carolina Driver’s License and Automobile Insurance as required by law.
- Current BLS certification (American Heart Association).
Requirements
Must have active patient contact within the past year.
Skills
Empathetic, responsible, ability to use time effectively, willing to work with a team.
Benefits
Sign on bonus available.
Pay
$15,000 Sign on available!
Schedule
Full Time - 80 Hours Bi-weekly.