Hospice RN Admissions - Day Shift; Madison Area)

Location:

Madison, WI

0.8-1.0 FTE (32-40 Hrs/week) | Day Shift | Weekdays | 9am-6pm

Includes weekend (every 4th) and holiday (1 or 2/year) rotations

Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are a skilled RN who values meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!

Join Agrace in Madison as an Admissions RN. The Admissions Nurse is responsible for admitting patients to Agrace's homecare program and inpatient units; evaluating patients for appropriate Agrace services; providing patient care; and developing plans of care in alignment with Agrace philosophy, goals, standards, regulations and policies.

How You’ll Make a Difference (Essential Functions)

The Admissions Nurse (RN) is responsible for admitting patients to Agrace’s homecare program and inpatient units; evaluating patients for appropriate Agrace services; providing patient care; and developing plans of care. The Admissions RN provides patient and family centered care consistent with Agrace philosophy, goals, standards, regulations and policies.

• Evaluate Patient for Appropriate Agrace Hospice and Palliative programs
  • Review medical records to identify hospice and palliative care services eligibility, physician orders, and to verify diagnosis.
  • Identify if patient meets admission criteria in collaboration with primary care, specialty, and Agrace physicians. Collaborate with IDT and primary care provider to create HES for determination of hospice eligibility.
  • Identify if patient meets admission criteria by assessing patient’s physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, fall, medication safety, and educational needs. Collect data from the patient, family, significant other and other health care professionals about immediate goals and needs.
  • Serve as a consultant to patients and families about end-of-life issues and Agrace programs philosophies and services.
  • Collaborate with CTM regarding all patients deemed ineligible for hospice services.
• Patient Care
  • Provide interventions, treatments, and symptom management to patient and family to meet immediate needs. Evaluate the effectiveness of symptom management or other intervention and adjust to meet needs.
  • Provide patient and family education on pain, symptom management, end of life, etc. Evaluate the effectiveness of education and adjust to meet needs.
  • Review advanced directives and obtain required Agrace paperwork including informed consent; service agreement; and Hospice benefit election form.
• Plan of Care (POC)
  • Formulate and implement an individualized POC in collaboration with nursing facility, patient and family.
  • The POC will include goals, symptom management, interventions, education, discharge plan, coroner involvement.
  • Identify potential care challenges and document in the POC interventions to minimize, manage, or resolve the concern.
  • Obtain medication and other orders.
  • Order durable medical equipment.
• Miscellaneous
  • Provide outreach and education to healthcare providers and referral sources.
  • Precept new staff and students.

• ADN, required; BSN, preferred
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing License in state of employment
• One-year nursing experience, preferred
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Basic Microsoft Office skills
• Intermediate electronic health records skills;
  Epic preferred
• Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions

• Competitive salary with mileage…