Department: Hospice

Hours Per Pay Period: 116

Daily work times: 4:30pm-8:00am (7 on, 7 off)

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.