Description:
To provide quality, compassionate care to patients and families by providing wholistic care to alleviate end-of-life symptoms, provide education on disease trajectory, and aggressive support in the home and community nursing facilities.
Requirements:
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:· Evaluate physical needs of the patient using a wholistic approach
· Coordinate medication administration, education and assure accuracy
· Evaluate the need for other services
· Communicate patient/family information to the interdisciplinary team
· Coordinate the development of the plan of care with goals defined by the patient/family and the hospice team, updating at least every 14 days and as changes occur
· Provide nursing services according to the plan of care
· Make referral to other services as needed in coordination with the medical social worker
· Supervision of home health aide
· Teach the primary caregiver/family by role model, repetition, and reinforcement
· Provide ongoing supervision along with assessment of continuing needs for patient/family teaching
· Instruct caregivers in hospice emergency responses and changes to anticipate
· Make regular visits as determined by the IDG and as needed
· Provide the patient/family with information concerning the disease process, the regimen of treatment process, and alternative methods of care
· Respond to questions honestly and realistically
· Help the patient/family make informed choices
· Promote independence and responsibility throughout the course of the disease
· Provide emotional support
· Actively listen to patient and family concerns
· Support individual coping mechanisms
· Provide services at the time of death
· Assist with bereavement follow-up by attending receiving or funeral services as appropriate
· Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing interventions on a regular basis and whenever changes occur in the patient/family situation
· Communicate with physicians as needed and as required by regulations
· Maintain current knowledge and competency in providing care to terminally ill patients and their families
· Provide on-call services as scheduled
· Assist with nursing care on patient care unit as directed by supervisor
· Assist with assessing patient appropriateness for continued services
· Assist with visits to palliative care patients as needed
· Other duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: · Ability to work a flexible schedule
· Willingness to work with patients/families regardless of race, color, creed, age or sexual orientation. Must respect their beliefs and philosophy with an attitude of openness.
· Ability to work effectively with others in a supervisory role
· Strong communication skills
Minimum Qualifications: Education:
§ Current NC license as a registered nurse
§ Active patient contact or completion of a nursing refresher course within the past three years
Experience:
§ Not applicable
Licensures & Certifications: (if applicable):
§ CPR certification
Physical Demands: § Visual acuity to read written documentation and computer tasks
§ Speech and hearing skills necessary for telephone interaction and face to face contact
§ Ability to sit extended periods of time and perform administrative tasks
§ Ability to stand, bend and lift an average of 30 pounds
§ Manual dexterity with the ability to manipulate office equipment and keyboard for extended periods of time
§ Ability to walk, squat, kneel, climb, and balance
Special requirements: § Must have an automobile with required insurance coverage and state driver's license
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