Resource Hospice Registered Nurse - Per Diem days- Penn Medicine

PRN Hospice Resource RN – West Philadelphia to Northern Chester County

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The Admission RN is responsible for the entry of patients and families into the spectrum of services provided by Penn Medicine Hospice. As a member of the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), the Admission RN provides direct care to adult patients and demonstrates safe practice within the domains of clinical judgment and decision-making, nurse‑patient/family relationship, clinical leadership, and clinical scholarship. The Admission RN works closely with others on the healthcare team to facilitate the coordination of care across the continuum.

The individual reviews documentation of potential clients who are referred to hospice, arranges for initial contact in a timely fashion, and communicates plans for contact with client, family and referral sources. In addition, the Admission RN provides information to potential hospice patients, assists with the decision‑making process, performs assessments that assure the appropriate level of care is delivered, and expedites entry into service delivery systems.

The Admission RN attends to the values and rituals important to the patient‑family‑community environments while upholding nursing practice and safety standards. The Admission RN instructs the primary caregiver of immediate care needed and informs primary nurse of the initiation of the plan of care. The Admission RN is responsible for practicing within the hospice regulations and reimbursement criteria, determining the skilled nursing care and visit pattern to maintain quality and meet the patient and family’s goals.

The Admission RN functions within the interdisciplinary team to facilitate communication, promote, and support symptom and disease management.

• Professional Practice Competency Domains:
  Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) – utilize data and QI methods to identify potential and actual problems and opportunities for safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable care.
• Evidence Based Practice and Research – evaluate and integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences for optimal health care and system effectiveness.
• Leadership – collaborate and apply innovative, systems‐thinking to engage in evidence‑based problem solving and decision making to promote effective changes within a complex care delivery system supporting the vision of Penn Medicine.
• Person and Family Centered Care – recognize the patient (or designee) as the source of control and partner in providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for the patient’s preferences, values, and needs.
• Professionalism – demonstrate commitment to the nursing profession through lifelong learning, adherence to ANA’s Code of Ethics, participation in a professional organization, and community outreach.
• Safety – minimize risk of harm to patients, families, providers, and self through system effectiveness and individual performance.
• Technology/Informatics – use appropriate information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision making across the continuum.
• Teamwork – engage in cooperation, coordination, and collaboration to provide safe, quality outcomes for patients within inter and intra‑professional teams, including virtual teams.

• BLS/CPR, as a healthcare provider per the American Heart Association.
• Car Insurance (Required).
• Driver’s License (Required).
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