Job description

Are you looking for a great home hospice nursing opportunity? Do you want to join a team of value driven professionals? Our culture at Arizona Life Hospice supports effective teamwork of high-performance people. We strive to have every member at Arizona Life Hospice be someone you can respect and learn from. We achieve this by fostering a culture of freedom and responsibility, innovation, and self-discipline. If our team sounds like a fit for you, please apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

Hospice Director of Nursing / Director of Patient Care Services

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:

Graduate from an accredited school of nursing, preferably BSN, Currently licensed as a

registered nurse to practice in the state of Arizona. Ability to work independently, make

accurate, and at times, quick judgments. Ability to supervise others appropriately. Ability to

respond appropriately to crisis outside of a hospital setting. Acceptance of and adaptability to

different social, racial, cultural and religious modes. Minimum 2 years of experience in

hospice/home care and at least one year of supervisory experience. Active patient contact

within past three years, preferred.

1. Participates in developing standards which ensure safe and therapeutically effective service to patients and families. Has joint responsibility with the Administrator for seeing that standards are met.

2. Is responsible for recruiting, hiring, evaluating and terminating service personnel.

3. Participates in planning for the orientation of new employees. Conducts selected orientation classes.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Organizes Hospice to delineate and delegate authority, functional responsibility, lines of relationship and communication to provide safe and therapeutically effective service.

7. Participates in coordinating Hospice's services with services of other community agencies.

8. Works with Administrator in identifying budgetary requirements and determining appropriate use of allocations.

9. Provides 24 hour/day, seven (7) days/week on-call coverage.

10. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local rules, accreditation standards and Hospice policies in all patient care aspects of the Hospice.

This job description represents an overview of the responsibilities for the above referenced position. It is not intended to represent a comprehensive list of responsibilities. An associate should perform all duties as assigned by his/her supervisor.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN (Required)

Work Location: In person

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