AvoCare Palliative- Part Time Registered Nurse

Title

Nurse Care Manager

Part‑time

• Coordinate and provide home visits for palliative care patients who have a chronic or serious illness and need symptom management and/or education.
• Document in EMR: assessment, patient status, and outcome, goals of care needs, after each visit.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with documentation requirements.
• Adhere to HIPAA at all times.
• Identify patient needs and initiate appropriate goals updating as needed.
• Communicate and coordinate on a consistent basis with members of team, other healthcare providers involved in patient care and insurance case managers.
• Act as a liaison and advocate for palliative care patients admitted to the hospital.
• Participate and assist in any quality improvement or other studies involving palliative care.
• Ensure the plan of care for assigned patients is adhered to.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and participate by providing patient updates.
• Participate in regular scheduled staff meetings and in services.
• Additional duties as agreed upon to meet agency need.

• RN or LPN with minimum of 3 years full‑time equivalent experience.
• Past nursing experience should be in a transferable or applicable clinical venue.
• Currently licensed as a Registered or Practical Nurse to practice in the state of Arizona.
• Demonstrates clinical competency; ability to collaborate with others; ability to initiate and plan own work activities; effective time management skills and professionalism.
• Possess and maintain good physical stamina and mental health.

• Notify patient prior to visit and communicate further visits scheduled.
• Drive responsibly and safely to and from client’s place of residence.
• Schedule priorities and maintain productivity utilizing time management.
• Provide appropriate and thorough service to patients/clients, ensuring proper completion of services in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with agency policy.
• Always demonstrate respectable customer service and professionalism.
• Determine discipline frequencies according to physician order and/or assessed needs.
• Provide teaching to patient/client and answer health‑related questions and document patient/client/caregiver understanding of education.
• Document patient’s/client’s care using appropriate agency forms and submit to agency within appropriate timeline.
• Maintain continuity of care and document communications with others within the health care team.
• Demonstrate work that meets quality standards. Assist in periodic auditing of paperwork of self/peers.
• Adhere to agency code of conduct, standards of practice, and patients/patient rights.
• Demonstrate professionalism in appearance, adhering to agency dress code.
• Accessible transportation to and from patients visits.
• Ability to lift 30 pounds, move intermittently throughout the workday, inclusive of sitting, standing and bending, pushing, pulling or moving objects and patients/clients.

• Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse to practice in the state of Arizona (or) current multi‑state license from another compact state utilizing their valid compact state license for up to 30 days until an Arizona permanent license is issued.