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RN - Hospice Inpatient

Presbyterian Healthcare Services • PRN • Spring Valley, NV, United States, NV, United States • 19h ago

Location Address:

8100 Constitution Pl NE Albuquerque, NM 87110-7643

Compensation Pay Range:

Minimum Offer $41.58 Maximum Offer $56.10

Summary:

Responsible for direct patient care of Hospice patients in an inpatient setting; works at both the Kaseman IPU, and the Robert Wertheim Hospice House. Ensures that end-of-life care is delivered within quality and utilization guidelines and is directed toward the achievement of desired clinical outcomes for patients and their families. Responsible for development, coordination, and scheduling delivery of care through a multidisciplinary team to the patient in the home or community setting. The Hospice RN assures completeness, timeliness, and appropriateness of the patient care plan, as well as its implementation and ongoing evaluation. Assures communication with the multidisciplinary team, support services and community resources to ensure that plan of care goals are achieved in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible. Ensures that documentation is timely, accurate, complete, and reimbursable. Is a patient advocate. Precepts newly hired nurses.

How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.
• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: PRN FTE: 0.00 Job Exempt: No Work Shift: Varied Days and Hours (United States of America)

Responsibilities:

Ensures the quality and safe delivery of hospice services:
a. Completes assessments that are timely, and appropriate of physical, mental, psychological/social (behavioral), functional, financial, treatment, resource, and spiritual needs of patients.
b. Provides skilled nursing care services by planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and documenting all aspects of nursing care in accordance with physician/APC plan of care.
c. Coordinates patients care through collaboration with patient/caregiver, multidisciplinary team, and physician/APC.
d. Intervenes consistently with orders and changes interventions with orders to meet changes with patient/caregiver needs.
e. Evaluates the effectiveness of interventions and the patient's response to intervention.

Provides direct patient care by assessing patient for care needs, resources to meet needs and develops a hospice plan of care in conjunction with hospice physician. Assures completion of required assessments according to regulations for hospice and QAPI measures.
Coordinates implementation of the plan of care through a multidisciplinary team, community resources and physician/APC.
Ensures plan of care is followed and that documentation complies with regulatory requirements.
Precepts newly hired nurses and students and serves as a resource person and professional role model as needed.
Maintains communication with the multidisciplinary team and assures that orders for necessary care plan changes are obtained and communicated timely to the team.
Accurately records all care provided so that all staff have record of care delivered in a timely manner per agency policy and procedures.
Oversees and delegates interventions from the plan of care as appropriate to LPNs and CNAs.
Assumes professional responsibility for current nursing practice and clinical standards of care.
Participates in agency continuous quality improvement (QAPI) and performance improvement project (PIP) activities as required.
Assumes other leadership roles as required by the department.
Responsible for holiday and weekend coverage as required, including potential coverage of both shifts.
Performs other functions as required.

Qualifications:

Associate Degree in Nursing
State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License
BLS certification REQUIRED at time of hire
One year in Direct patient care setting or home health care
Hospice experience preferred

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

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The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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