Healthcare, Hospice Care, Nursing, Nursing Home, Patient Care, Policy Implementation, Procedure Development, Quality Management, Registered Nurse (RN), Risk, Time Management, Treatment Evaluation
Description: Job Summary:
Providesdirect skilled nursing in the home setting using all phases of nursing process including assessment,
diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation to provide patient care.
Essential Functions:
- Consistently
uses an outward mindset and puts forth exemplary effort in accomplishing
his/her goals and objectives in a manner that helps others to achieve
their goals and objectives.
- Coordinates patient/family care across all
disciplines, including the physician, to ensure the physical, emotional,
spiritual and social needs of the patient/family are adequately met.
- Provides direct nursing care in the place of
residence to patients through full implementation of the nursing process
and professional standards of care.
- Follows the physician-ordered plan of care and
obtains additional orders when needed.
- Completes all required documentation in a
timely manner per department policy.
- Maintains a safe and risk-free environment for
patients, their families/significant others.
- Participates in agency and system-wide
continuous quality improvement activities.
- Collaborates with the team to implement policies,
procedures, quality improvement activities,
- Recognizes the importance of orienting members
of the health care team
- Recognizes
the importance of building partnerships with all members of the health
care team