RN Hospice PRN

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Job Title RN Hospice PRN Location Independence Facility Business Operations Center Department Hc Hospice Field Staff-Center for Connected Care Job Code F2408H Shift Evening/Night Rotation Schedule 3:00pm-3:30am Job Summary Job Details Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare

Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world As an RN on the Home Care Team, you will deliver the best possible care to patients in the comfort of their own homes.

In this role

, you will provide assessments, complex treatments and education to help avoid readmissions to the acute care setting and ensure comfort. This position offers a flexible schedule, allowing you to maintain a healthy work-life balance, all while changing the lives of your patients and their loved ones every day. Hospice helps patients and their families prepare physically, emotionally and spiritually for the end of life. Our focus is on providing comfort, not cure; on family, not just the patient; and on quality of life, not duration. Cleveland Clinic’s hospice team includes physicians certified in hospice and palliative medicine, nurses, social workers, chaplains, home health aides and volunteers. Join our team to work together supporting patients at home or in a skilled nursing facility or hospital. This is a PRN role. A caregiver in this position works between 11:00am and 11:30pm.

Requirements

• include every other weekend and 1 winter/1 summer holiday on rotation every 3 years. A caregiver who excels in this role will: Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established healthcare organization policies, procedures, and protocols. Implement and monitor patient care plans. Provide supervision to LPNs, Home Care Aides and families/caregivers involved in the care of the patient. Perform accurate and complete admission assessments and reassessments within a specified time frame.
• Assess patient for safety risks, abuse and neglect. Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care.
• Assess and document patients pain using appropriate pain scale and manage patients pain then. Prioritize and document patient problems based on assessed needs and problems in collaboration with patients, family and healthcare team. Maintain complete and up-to-date documentation and files at all times regarding patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care and interventions. Escalate change in patient condition to patient’s physician as appropriate.

Minimum qualifications

for the ideal future caregiver include: Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) One year of clinical experience as an RN in an acute medical/surgical setting Valid Driver’s License (VDL) in Ohio and proof of automobile insurance with $100,000/$300,000 coverage Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) Infusion therapy experience Physical Requirements: Heavy Work - Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects

Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work Personal Protective Equipment: Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment

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