Registered Nurse - Hospice

Department: Hospice

Daily Work Times: 8:00am-4:30pm

Shift: Days

Scheduled Bi-Weekly Hours: 80

The Registered Nurse is responsible for the quality of patient care provided to an assigned group of patients.  Indirectly supervises all nursing personnel assigned to the group of patients for whom he/she is coordinating.

Primary Responsibilities

• Performs basic patient care procedures/techniques competently, including the administration of medication.  Organizes patient care effectively.
• Performs assessment data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on age, physiologic, psychological and cognitive status of the patient.  Completes, reviews and evaluates the data collected by caregivers.
• Develops a plan of care that prescribes nursing actions to achieve patient goals.  Identifies patient/family learning needs and implements appropriate process from admission to discharge.