Hospice Nurse / RN / Registered Nurse After Hours Full Time
Employer
- Gables Search Group
Job Description
Hospice Nurse / RN / Registered Nurse After Hours Full Time
We are seeking for a compassionate Hospice Nurse to provide care and support to terminally ill patients. Your calm and attentive presence, expert administration of care, and unwavering spirit of compassion creates a bond to the patient and that invites comfort and peace throughout the end-of-life journey.
A Hospice Nurse - RN believes in the importance of building relationships, and is ready to make a difference.
Hospice Nurse Responsibilities:
- Collaborating on terminally ill patients' care with physicians, social workers, chaplains, nursing assistants, and other stakeholders.
- Preparing and adjusting patient care plans as needed.
- Frequently visiting patients to monitor vital signs and physical comfort levels.
- Performing prescribed treatments and administering pain management medications.
- Informing physicians about changes in patients' conditions.
- Providing loved ones and primary caregivers with patient care information, end-of-life education, and emotional support.
- Maintaining and updating medical charts, patient files, and health records.
- Notifying attending physicians, hospice staff members, and family members of patients' deaths when they occur.
Advising grieving family members on coping techniques, counseling services, and available community resources.
Qualifications:
- Associates degree, preferred
- Registered Nurse license required
- Minimum one year of experience, preferred - required in California
- Previous experience in hospice, home health, general medical surgical or patient population specific (i.e.: geriatrics, pediatric, etc.) nursing.
- Willingness to serve on-call
- Must have reliable transportation & valid driver's license
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Dover, DE
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Date Posted
539 days ago
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