RN - Hospice

As the RN Case Manager, you will assume full nursing responsibility for the delivery of the Plan of Care for each hospice patient, while continuously evaluating personal and professional performance and making necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered.

• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight (48) hours of referral.

• Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.

• Initiates and coordinates the plan of care while maintaining accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.

• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

• Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily.