Registered Nurse, RN- Hospice Nurse
Company: Novant Health
Location: Salisbury
Posted on: October 24, 2024
Job Description:
Overview
This role provides home nursing care for Hospice patients and
support to their loved ones in accordance with approved standards
of care, approved hospital and department policy, physician's
orders and plan of care.
Come join a remarkable team where quality care meets quality
service, in every dimension, every time.
#JoinTeamAubergine #NovantHealth Let Novant Health be the
destination for your professional growth.
At Novant Health, one of our core values is diversity and
inclusion. By engaging the strengths and talents of each team
member, we ensure a strong organization capable of providing
remarkable healthcare to our patients, families and communities.
Therefore, we invite applicants from all group dynamics to apply to
our exciting career opportunities.
#nursingatnovanthealth
Qualifications
- Education: High School Diploma or GED, required. 4 Year /
Bachelors Degree, preferred. Graduate of an accredited school of
nursing required; BSN preferred.
- Experience: Two years direct patient care in medical surgical
nursing, required. Previous home care or hospice experience,
preferred.
- Licensure/Certification: Current RN licensure in appropriate
state, required.
- Additional Skills (required):
- Ability to provide direct patient care, demonstrate excellent
nursing skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, problem
solving skills, and basic math skills.
- Understands hospice philosophy and issues of death/dying and
demonstrates competency in pain and symptom management with EOL
care.
- Ability to interpret information to identify each patient's
requirements for care relative to his/her age specific needs.
- Ability to prioritize, organize and handle varying and
unpredictable situation such as emergencies or crisis
situations.
- Must be flexible, versatile, adaptable to change, with good
critical thinking, problem solving and diplomacy skills.
- Knowledge of procedures and nursing standards of practice, both
general and specific to the specialties of medical- surgical
nursing.
- Ability to interact effectively with diverse individuals at all
levels of authority, in teams and on committees.
- Actively identifies new areas for learning; regularly creating
and taking advantage of learning opportunities; using newly gained
knowledge and skill on the job and learning through their
application.
- Must have computer experience and have reliable transportation
to and from all work related assignments and activities.
- Must be flexible to travel as needed between different
locations, as assigned, in all weather conditions and on roads in
varying degrees of repair.
- Must be available for after hours call on rotational
basis.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close
vision, distance vision, night driving, and ability to adjust and
focus.
Responsibilities
It is the responsibility of every Novant Health team member to
deliver the most remarkable patient experience in every dimension,
every time.
- Our team members are part of an environment that fosters team
work, team member engagement and community involvement.
- The successful team member has a commitment to leveraging
diversity and inclusion in support of quality care.
- All Novant Health team members are responsible for fostering a
safe patient environment driven by the principles of "First Do No
Harm".
Keywords: Novant Health, Kannapolis , Registered Nurse, RN- Hospice Nurse, Healthcare , Salisbury, North Carolina
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