Hospice Emergency Response Nurse
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Job ID: 175947
Category: Nursing
Work Type: PT 20+ HOURS
Location: Bala Cynwyd, PA, United States
Work Schedule: Mid-Shift/Evenings
Description
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Penn Medicine is dedicated to our tripartite mission of providing the highest level of care to patients, conducting innovative research, and educating future leaders in the field of medicine. Working for this leading academic medical center means collaboration with top clinical, technical and business professionals across all disciplines.
Today at Penn Medicine, someone will make a breakthrough. Someone will heal a heart, deliver hopeful news, and give comfort and reassurance. Our employees shape our future each day. Are you living your life's work?
Penn Medicine at Home (PMAH) is hiring an experienced RN to service patients in our City Line territory. This is a great opportunity for an RN to truly become a partner in patient care and work at the top of their license, while impacting their community.
At PMAH, we break down our clinician treatment areas by towns/zip codes to keep commuting time to a minimum. Areas covered by this position may include: Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia Proper and lower Montgomery County and Bucks County.
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Summary:
- Providing skilled nursing care to patients whose care is being provided by the agency's hospice or home care department specifically after business hours, evenings and nights. Functions collaboratively with the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) by assessing patient/family needs and planning and facilitating home care, palliative care, and end-of-life care. Provides skilled nursing care and utilizes the nursing process including assessment, implementation, and evaluation in caring for the patients in urgent situations such as pain crisis or other symptom management issues.
Responsibilities:
- Planning: Performing nursing assessments. Follows established plan of care. Completes the appropriate documentation required based on the assessment and implementation of the nursing plan. Collaborates with physicians and other team members. Provides complete handoff communication.
- Implementation and Coordination of Services: Initiates appropriate preventative and palliative nursing procedures according to the Standards of Hospice and Palliative Nursing through assessment, instruction and support. Coordinates care with the Triage Supervisor and Administrator on Call.
- Directing: Initiates patient/family instructions about care. Maintains clear and concise documentation so that problems, plans, actions, and goals are accurately stated and changes reflected as they occur. Responds to medical or emotional crisis and/or death of a patient. Communicates with the RN Case Manager/RN Team Manager regarding the patient status and follow-up needs.
- Improvement of Care: Reviews the plan of care with the RN Case Manager/Team Manager if there is current patient/family needs. Participates in performance improvement activities as requested.
Credentials:
- Basic Cardiac Life Support (Required)
- Car Insurance (Required)
- Driver's License (Required)
- RN or RN-NJ (Required)
Education or Equivalent Experience:
- Bachelor of Science Nursing (Required)
- BSN from an accredited school of nursing 2+ years Acute care or long term care experience as a registered nurse. 1+ years Home Care and/or Hospice experience preferred.
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