RN - Hospice & Home Care, Socorro, NM
US-NM-Socorro
Careers (External)
Req #: 48213
Type: PRN
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Overview: Summary: Responsible for the primary nursing care and coordination of care for assigned homecare /hospice patients of all ages. Develops a plan of care appropriate for the patients needs in consultation with the physician. Supervises the home health/hospice aides Type of Opportunity: Per Required Need FTE: 0.001000 Exempt: No Work Schedule: Varied Days and Hours Responsibilities: Responsibilities: Acts as clinical resource by overseeing the delivery of patient care, directs and delegates patient care assignments to home health aides and nursing staff based on acuteness of patient care needs and staff capability and anticipates future needs *Maintains clinically competent in providing direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, consults with other specialists as required and adjusts nursing care processes as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.. *Coordinates patient care through collaboration with the patient, family, all other disciplines, primary and secondary physicians and community resources/programs. *Demonstrates knowledge of Hospice philosophy and provides support to patients and their families. *Ensures that patients understand their rights and responsibilities, advanced directives and the meaning of informed consent during the admission process. *Assesses and directs patient and family teaching needs and is proficient in the use of return demonstration and teaching aids in the home setting. *Maintains professional responsibility for knowledge of current nursing research, practice standards, guidelines and protocols, and hospital policies, procedures, and programs to improve patient care quality. *Maintains a proficiency in the use of all equipment used in his/her practice. * *Effectively communicates and assists other members of nursing team and/or other disciplines. Actively participates in problem solving and conflict resolution to maintain team cohesiveness.. *Performs on-call duties effectively with the ability to triage patients over the phone and visit when needed. *Directs own educational needs for the top 10 ICD9 codes and/or diagnoses for SGH HHC: CHF, COPD, diabetes, wounds/post-surgical, arthritis, newborns, Coumadin dependency, malnutrition/ nutrition needs, medication instruction, pain and symptom control/hospice care. *Supervises the home health aides in compliance with the Medicare/Medicaid rules and regulations. *Performs other functions as required. Qualifications: Other information: Licensure: State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License or Graduate Nurse Permit required Academic Preparation: *Degree from accredited academic nursing program (If a program is under conditional status, approval may be granted by system CNO) *Minimum ADN preparation with expectation of BSN completion within 5 years of hire Education: Essential: * Associate Degree Credentials: Essential: * Registered Nurse-NM
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