RN Runner - On Call
19 days ago
Bakersfield
Hours: 8pm-8am - Saturday, Sunday • Follows VITAS policies and standards and practices within the scope of the RN license, • Reports any request to practice outside of scope of license to the manager/supervisor, • Supervision of (VITAS employed and contracted) nursing tasks delegated to Hospice Aides, Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses (and contracted Registered Nurses) and Volunteers per the plan of care, • Completes initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments including physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and bereavement, • Appropriately identifies/utilizes resources, referrals such as PT, OT, Home Health, Dietary, Pharmacy, Supplies, Home Medical Equipment, and other visits/consults, • Completes documentation at the time of the event and at the location of care unless otherwise directed, • Provides education to patients, families, caregivers and referral sources, • Participates in patient care meetings as assigned, • Participates in weekly team meetings, • Provides effective communication/shift reports through written, verbal, reporting and body language, • Participates in bereavement support, • Participates in the on-call rotation and/or provides shifts during non-business hours such as evenings, weekends and holidays based upon program-identified needs, • Provides visits/shifts in program coverage area, • Develops, coordinates, and follows the patient's individualized plan of care, • Appropriately delegates nursing tasks to Hospice Aides/Homemakers, Volunteers, and Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurses, • All factors pertinent to the patient's safety, including the competence of the Hospice Aide/Homemaker have been assessed, • Determination that this activity can be delegated safely to a Hospice Aide/Homemaker, • Connecticut -For activities other than those listed in section 1913D69(d)(3)of the Connecticut Department of Public Health delegated to a Hospice/Homemaker, the RN will document in the clinical record that:, • Provides nursing care including nursing tasks that may be delegated to other roles such as LPNs, HHAs and Volunteers, • Participates in and monitors patient and family care compliance activities, • Professionally manages/coordinates the hospice plan of care, • Provides and follows infection control practices, • Delivers care in accordance with the patient's plan of care, • Provides primary nursing care for inpatient and continuous care patients as assigned, • Participates in the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program and related activities as assigned. This may include, but is not limited to, • participation in Performance Improvement Project(s) (PIP), • Gathering clinical data which is used for quality measures, • Develops and achieves professional growth goals and objectives personally and per Team Manager reviews, • Responsible for attending orientation and regularly scheduled in-services/educational conferences as assigned, • Participates in orientation of Hospice Aides, Volunteers and other IDG members as assigned, • Participates in training activities internally within VITAS and externally as assigned, • Maintains focus on the patient and family experience of care, • Serves as a patient and family advocate, • Reports patient/family/customer complaints to Team Manager, • Participates in patient/family/customer conflict resolution as applicable., • Represents the nursing profession, the VITAS site/location and VITAS overall in a positive manner, • Currently licensed as a R.N. in the state where the VITAS program is located., • A minimum of two years experience in hospice, home health, or community health experience in the last five years., • RN license, • EOE/AA M/F/D/V #CAClinicalP