Hospice Registered Nurse, Part-time Casual (Kobacker House)

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Job Description Summary:

Join the OhioHealth team as a hospice Registered Nurse and experience one on one compassionate patient care and a flexible schedule. Hospice RNs work with an interdisciplinary team to care for patients in the home or facility setting. Come join an amazing hospice team where we have a fair and reasonable weekend rotation, full benefits, and have a flexible schedule with limited on-call. Hospice RNs provide holistic care to achieve dignity in end-of-life care to patients and families in collaboration with the patient’s provider.  Our RNs are accountable to practice within the scope of practice outlined by the Ohio Board of Nursing.

Responsibilities And Duties:

90% - Provides direct patient care in accordance with Home Care policies and specified procedures and evaluation of patient/caregiver response to institutions. Demonstrates and provides comprehensive documentation of services rendered. Proficiency in the performance of procedures and equipment. Assesses potential safety issues, both for patient and Home Care staff. Gathers baseline data and records assessment in patients Electronic Medical Records (EMR); identifies problems, develops patient specific goals, and develops a Plan of Care (POC) with collaboration of the intradisciplinary care team based on physician orders and patient collaboration and establishes realistic patient outcomes of care. Continuously assesses patients and changing needs. Notifies physician with any change. Provides coordination of services with the intradisciplinary team other Home Care departments, subsidiaries, and community resources. Completes documentation in a timely manner and within policy guidelines completes addendum orders the day the order is given. Updates POC when order is given. Documents all phone calls to physicians.
5% - Engagement and taking an active role in development and the betterment of the associate and the organization
5% - Completion of duties as assigned that pertain to compliance, quality, culture, and excellence of the organization

Minimum Qualifications:

Associate's Degree (Required)DL - Driver's License - Department of Motor Vehicles, RN - Registered Nurse - Ohio Board of Nursing

Additional Job Description:

State Driver's License. Knowledge of homecare nursing, home intravenous therapy, Medicare regulations, JCAHO standards, home care reimbursement, and basic personal computer skills.