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LHC Group Inc Registered Nurse Hospice 2024009958 in Yazoo City, Mississippi
This is a job for a Registered Nurse Hospice position with the company located in the Yazoo City, MS area.
Job Summary:
As a Hospice RN, you can expect:
the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert.
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eing valued and respected by patients and their families.
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mployee-focused wellness and support programs
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ncredible team support and empathetic leadership
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Responsibilities:
As the RN Case Manager, you will assume full nursing responsibility for the delivery of the Plan of Care for each hospice patient, while continuously evaluating personal and professional performance and making necessary changes to increase productivity and quality of care delivered.
Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight (48) hours of referral.
Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
Initiates and coordinates the plan of care while maintaining accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient and family care daily.
Qualifications:
One year of clinical experience.
Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one year of clinical experience. Current CPR Certification. Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation. MS: At least one-year full-time experience as an RN. However, three (3) years full-time clinical experience in a healthcare setting as an LPN may be substituted for the one-year full time experience as an RN.
Equal Opportunity Employer -- minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.