Registered Nurse Hospice House (Casual) – NRT30-VitalCare Inc – Cheboygan, MI

Reg Nurse

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Under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides comprehensive health care services to patients and their families through direct care and supervision.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments of patients/families.
• May participate in development of initial plan and ongoing plan of care in collaboration with IDT Team. Revises the plan of care as needed.
• Informs the patient upon admission to Hospice of the mechanism for receiving, reviewing and resolving patient complaints.
• Uses assessment skills to determine patients’ physical and mental status and status of environment and social support.
• Identifies patients’/families’ health and social issues and potential problem areas.
• Initiates referrals to other services/community resources as indicated.
• Develops measurable patient-centered goals in collaboration with the patient and family.
• Implements services in accordance with the established care plan, standards of nursing Hospice policies, procedures, protocols and all federal, state and local laws/ regulations, and accreditation standards.
• Prepares, administers and documents medications and treatments as prescribed in the Physician’s Plan of Care. Verifies current medications with medication profile.
• Reports pertinent clinical findings to patient’s Case Management nurse, physician/Clinical Manager.
• Reports pertinent clinical findings to patient’s Case Management nurse, physician/Clinical Manager.
• Evaluates the patient/family response to the Plan of Care against established goals.
• Provides, establishes, and revises the Home Health Assistant Plan of Care to Home Health Assistants as assigned. Provides supervision to Home Health Aides and coordinates/assists ancillary services as assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Two years of recent clinical experience, preferably in hospice, home care, oncology, gerontology, or surgical nursing required.
• Must have the ability to work near fumes such as wound odors, home odors and cigarette/cigar/pipe smoke.
• Must have an active State of Michigan Driver’s license.
• Must provide proof of insurability.