Job description

Home Health and Hospice of Kansas is looking for 2 RN's to join their team!

Job Description

The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

Job Functions/Responsibilities:

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by writing and initiating plan of care, regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs and participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

Communication

• Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
• Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.

Other Duties

• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services
• are available.
• Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
• Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments.
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities

Position Qualifications:

• Current and Active Kansas RN licensure
• 1-2 years of recent acute care experience and 1-2 years of recent experience in home care.
• CPR certification
• Bachelors' degree preferred.
• 1 year of hospice care experience preferred.
• Valid drivers' license and active auto insurance.

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Job Type: Full-time, non-exempt

Schedule: Monday-Friday, some Saturdays

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $40.00 - $52.00 per hour

Physical setting:

• Hospital

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• 5x8
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Work Location: On the road

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