Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
Hold a current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in Georgia.
Maintain current and continued cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification.
Have two years of recent hospice experience.
Have verbal and written communication and problem-solving skills.
Have a valid driver's license.
Have a reliable, insured automobile for making required home visits.
Responsibilities
Complete an initial assessment of the patient and family to determine hospice care needs, including a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness.
Use health assessment data to determine a nursing diagnosis.
Triage calls and assist the patient or primary caregiver with problem resolution, and counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
Make visits for symptom management and support as needed.
Modify patient treatment plans based on patients' responses and conditions.
Maintain current, accurate, and detailed reports in accordance with policy.
Monitor, record, and report symptoms and changes in patients' conditions to the interdisciplinary group.
Provide health care instructions to the patient as appropriate based on assessment and plan.
Obtain and receive physician orders as required.
Pronounce patients.
Perform other assigned duties.
Description
Shift: 10-hour shift, Saturdays and Sundays
Longleaf Hospice and Palliative Care is locally-owned with offices located in Atlanta, Covington and Roswell, offering end-of-life care to those with life limiting illnesses in the communities we serve. We believe that this very special care is best provided by professionals who live and work in the community they serve. At Longleaf Hospice and Palliative Care, we integrate and address the diverse, seen and unseen needs of patients and their families.
As a Weekend RN, you will:
Complete an initial assessment of patient and family to determine hospice care needs; provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness
Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
Triage calls and assist patient/primary caregiver with problem resolution; counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs
Make visits for symptom management and support as needed
Modify patient treatment plans as indicated by patients' responses and conditions
Maintain current, accurate, detailed reports in accordance with policy
Monitor, record and report symptoms and changes in patients' condition to the IDG
Provide health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan
Obtain and receive physician orders as required
Pronouncement of patients
Other duties as assigned
Requirements
Current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in Georgia
Current and continued CPR certification
2 years of recent hospice experience
Good verbal and written communication and problem solving skills
Responsible valid driver’s license
Reliable, insured, automobile for making home visits required