About This Role
This nursing role involves overseeing a primary caseload of hospice patients, providing skilled professional nursing care to them, their families, and caregivers. The nurse will work in various settings, including skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and private homes, ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and standards.
Responsibilities
- Oversee a primary caseload of hospice patients
- Provide skilled professional nursing care as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with regulations
- Conduct initial and comprehensive nursing assessments and identify patient problems
- Reassess nursing needs and collaborate to develop the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) plan of care
- Implement, reevaluate, and revise the plan of care relative to the patient’s nursing needs
- Provide appropriate, comprehensive, and responsive goals and interventions
- Teach, supervise, and counsel the patient, family members, and staff regarding nursing care and patient needs
- Work closely with other members of the IDT to ensure all patient and family care needs are met
- Provide supervision to Hospice Aides/Homemakers
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited registered nursing program
- Registered Nurse licensed by the New Jersey State Board of Nursing
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that is insured in accordance with New Jersey state requirements
- Satisfactory references from employers and/or professional peers
- Satisfactory criminal background check
Nice to have:
- Bachelor’s degree in Nursing
- Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification
- Minimum of one (1) year general nursing experience with current hospice, home health, medical, surgical or critical care experience
- Experience with pain and symptom management interventions
- Ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting
- Understanding of Hospice philosophy and principles of death/dying
About the Company
Swan Hospice provides quality hospice care to patients in New Jersey.
