RN - Hospice Inpatient
Company: Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Location: Albuquerque
Posted on: April 29, 2025
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Job Description:
Overview: The Robert Wertheim Hospice House is seeking an
experience Hospice Registered Nurse (RN) to join the compassionate
team. In this role you will be 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. Sign on and
relocation bonuses available for qualified candidates. Type of
Opportunity: Full Time FTE: 0.9Work Schedule: 12 Hour Nights
Interested in learning more?: Text or schedule directly with me by
clicking here ! 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
patient's 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:
Keywords: Presbyterian Healthcare Services, Albuquerque , RN - Hospice Inpatient, Healthcare , Albuquerque, New Mexico
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