Registered Nurse- Hospice of Cincinnati - Support Team

Job Description

Step into a meaningful role within our Hospice Care Team as a Registered Nurse dedicated to supporting patients and families during some of life's most vulnerable moments. You'll serve as a trusted resource for nurses, physicians, caregivers, and loved ones, helping maintain comfort, dignity, and continuity of care.

This opportunity is ideal for someone who is compassionate and confident working independently in a field-based or home-care setting. A passion for supporting colleagues, providing calm reassurance, and upholding the highest standards of patient-centered care will make you an invaluable part of our hospice mission.

Location:
Hospice of Cincinnati - Requires travel. This position involves driving to patient's location. Doing SIA visits for our Hospice patients. SIA refers to Service Intensity Add-on visits, which are additional visits provided during the last seven days of a patient's life. These visits are intended to provide more intensive and focused care during the final stages of life.

Work Schedule:

• Part Time 8am-8:30pm
• Day Shift - Weekend Only (Saturday and Sunday)

Incentives & Benefits:
We offer competitive shift differentials, opportunities for professional growth, and a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, retirement savings plans, and tuition reimbursement. Please use the link to view Tri Health's benefits:

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Job Overview:

This position applies the nursing process in providing direct and indirect holistic care to patients and their families. This position collaborates, in a collegial manner, with physicians and other health care team members in meeting the patient's needs, and may delegate certain aspects of care to those under their direct supervision, within the scope of nursing practice. This position requires weekend hours and may be on-call during the evenings and nights.

Thus, the position must be flexible.

Job Requirements:

Associate's Degree or Diploma in Nursing
New hires required to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers (BLS)
Registered Nurse
Knowledge, judgment, and skills derived from the Principles of Biological, Physical, Behavioral, Social, and Nursing sciences to meet complex health care needs at various stages of the life cycle
Preferred membership in related professional organization
Up to 1 year experience Clinical in Nursing unit-specific area

Job Responsibilities:

Performs initial and ongoing assessment of patient and family. Completes initial assessment tool. Documents ongoing assessment per unit/Tri Health guidelines. Communicates assessment findings to other health care providers as appropriate. Includes health counseling and health teaching needs in assessment.
Plans care for patient and family based on assessment, standards of care, and optimal specific outcomes. Initiates and individualizes appropriate patient care guidelines/plan of care or clinical pathways. Updates current plan of care as needed based on patient/family input and healthcare needs. Develops both short and long term goals with patient/family and healthcare team including discharge planning. Communicates plan of care to others.
Provides a safe, therapeutic environment, maintains patient's autonomy, dignity, and rights, and is sensitive to patient diversity. Seeks resources to help form ethical decisions. Balances patient's needs and those of the unit/facility. Recognizes emergency situations and takes appropriate action. Completes patient assignment including documentation within scheduled timeframe. Bases interventions on clinical data and desired outcomes and documents accordingly. Trains/educates other staff and acts an expert resource in specialty area through abilities in existing and newer knowledge and skills.

Effectively communicates information relative to surgical cases. Carries out physician orders.
Evaluates the plan of care for patient based on optimal specific patient outcomes. Documents the patient/family response to care including teaching. Collaborates with the…