To provide Hospice care to the terminally ill hospice patient twenty-four hours/day, seven days/week. To work as a member of the Hospice team in providing Hospice care. Oversees and supervises all Hospice care to patients and families in all settings.
Qualifications
Educational/Degree: Graduate from an accredited school of nursing
Training/Licensure: Currently licensed as a registered nurse to practice in the state.
Knowledge/Skills/Ability: Ability to work independently, make accurate, and at times, quick judgments. Ability to supervise others appropriately. Ability to respond appropriately to crises outside of a hospital setting. Acceptance of and adaptability to different social, racial, cultural, and religious modes.
Experience: Minimum 2 years of experience as a registered nurse, preferred. Active patient contact within the past three years is preferred.
Essential Functions
Participates in developing standards that ensure safe and therapeutically effective service to patients and families. Has joint responsibility with the Administrator for seeing that standards are met.
Participates in developing objectives for Hospice.
Is responsible for seeing that objectives are implemented.
Consults with the Administrator to determine a staffing pattern that will accomplish stated objectives and promote maximum level of utilization of personnel.
Is responsible for recruiting, hiring, evaluating, and terminating service personnel.
Participates in planning for the orientation of new employees. Conducts selected orientation classes.
Plans and arranges for consultation needs of staff; prepares and maintains current policies and procedures which meet Medicare, Medicaid, accreditation standards, state and federal laws, etc., and implements; revises concurrently.
Displays a willingness to support the policies and procedures and uses appropriate channels for change of such policies; establishes criteria and procedures for selection, promotion and termination of employment of service personnel.
Participates in establishing the functions and qualifications for each service position;
Coordinates Interdisciplinary Team Services
Assures ongoing assessment of patient/family needs and implementation of interdisciplinary group plan of care.
Assures physician approval of plans for continuity of medical care.
Provides individual or group support concerning job-related stress or issues.
Organizes Hospice to delineate and delegate authority, functional responsibility, lines of relationship, and communication to provide safe and therapeutically effective service.
Participates in coordinating Hospice services with services of other community agencies.
Serves as a role model for all colleagues by setting an example of high standards in dress, conduct, cooperation, and job performance.
Observes confidentiality and safeguards all patient-related information.
Accepts responsibility for regular attendance and punctuality, fulfills job requirements without regard to the time involved.
Serves as a resource person to employees.
Develops a cooperative relationship and communicates effectively and professionally with the physicians.
Investigates and reports any problem relating to patient care or conditions that might harm the patient and/or employee well-being.
Immediately reports any accident, incident, lost articles, or unusual occurrence to the Administrator.
Attends pertinent continuing education programs other than routine in-services and shares information with staff.
Works with Administrator in identifying budgetary requirements and determining the appropriate use of allocations.
Monitors equipment for appropriate use and take steps to keep misuse to a minimum.