RN - Outpatient Hospice

Location

8100 Constitution Pl NE Albuquerque, NM

Minimum Offer $39.69 | Maximum Offer $58.17

Join our Outpatient Hospice department as a Registered Nurse to provide compassionate, patient-centered care to individuals in outpatient settings to enhance comfort and quality of life.

• Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement and scholarship opportunities
• Staff safety: a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern
• Differentials for night and weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• Malpractice liability insurance
• Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
• EPIC electronic charting system

Full time | FTE 1.00 | Exempt:
No | Shift: Days (United States of America)

• Sign‑on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates
• Direct patient care and case management of hospice patients in outpatient settings
• Ensure end‑of‑life care is delivered within quality and utilization guidelines and directed toward achieving desired clinical outcomes for patients and families
• Develop, coordinate and schedule delivery of care through a multidisciplinary team to the patient in the home or community setting
• Assure completeness, timeliness and appropriateness of the patient care plan, its implementation, and ongoing evaluation
• Assist with communication with multidisciplinary team, support services and community resources to ensure plan of care goals are achieved efficiently and cost‑effectively
• Ensure documentation is timely, accurate, complete and reimbursable
• Act as patient advocate
• Precept newly hired nurses and students; serve as a resource and professional role model
• Complete assessments of physical, mental, psychological/social, functional, financial, treatment, resource and spiritual needs of patients
• Plan, organize, direct, coordinate, evaluate and document all aspects of nursing care in accordance with physician/APC plan of care
• Coordinate patient’s care with patient/caregiver, multidisciplinary team and physician/APC
• Intervene consistently with orders and change interventions as needed to meet patient/caregiver needs
• Evaluate effectiveness of interventions and patient response during each visit
• Develop hospice plan of care in conjunction with physician; ensure completion of required assessments per regulations and QAPI measures
• Coordinate implementation of plan of care through home care team and community resources; ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
• Maintain department productivity standards for visits and caseload management
• Self‑schedule patient caseload and update schedule throughout the day as needed
• Inform patients of visit timing, unplanned schedule changes and accommodate preferred schedule when available
• Maintain communication with multidisciplinary team and obtain orders for care plan changes; document thoroughly in home
• Delegate plan of care to appropriate LPNs and CNAs
• Participate in agency continuous quality improvement (QAPI) and performance improvement project (PIP) activities as required
• Assume other leadership roles within the department as required
• Provide holiday and selective weekend/evening coverage call for agency and patient home visits on a rotating basis
• Perform other functions as required

• Associate Degree in Nursing from a State of New Mexico or Compact State Nursing License
• BLS certification required at time of hire
• One year in direct patient care setting or home health care
• Hospice experience preferred
• Current driver’s license and auto insurance

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug‑free and tobacco‑free employer with smoke‑free campuses.