Registered Nurse Float Pool Hospice (Hagerstown, MD/Franklin, PA)
Core
Provides direct patient care, assessment, and care coordination for assigned patients in hospice, long-term care, palliative, or home care settings.
Role type
Registered Nurse (RN)
Builds
Patient care plans, clinical interventions, and discharge planning
Domain
Healthcare / Hospice and Palliative Care
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Nursing process (assessment, planning, implementation), medication administration, IV therapy, emergency procedures, patient and family education, care coordination, delegation to ancillary staff, documentation
Preferred skills
BSN degree, long-term care or hospice experience
Technologies
Electronic medical records, nursing care planning systems
Responsibilities
Compiles databases and formulates nursing diagnoses, initiates and updates written nursing plans of care, performs clinical nursing skills independently, administers medications and IV therapy, delegates duties to LPN and Hospice Aide staff, communicates patient status to physicians and health team, manages daily patient assignments and priorities, develops patient teaching and discharge planning records
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC