Hospice Resource Rn Jobs

Department: 78007400 Hospice
Shift: Day (United States of America)
Hours: 32
Contract: Non-Union
Weekend Rotation: Every 4th
Job Profile Summary: Have time to make a difference. Allina Hospice believes the best care for our patients happens when our Hospice team is well supported, works together, and has time with the people and their loved ones in Hospice. This is a part-time and salaried position. Let's talk about this opportunity to be a part of our growing Hospice team. This is the time to take the next step in your career.
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Job Requirements

• Licensed Registered Nurse - MN Board of Nursing required if working in the state of MN upon hire required
• Valid MN Driver's License required
• Homecare/Hospice or direct patient care experience preferred
• Associate, Vocational, or Bachelor degree in Nursing required
• BLS Tier 1 - Basic Life Support - Multisource required by completion of orientation required

Principle Responsibilities

• Environmental Health.
  • Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
  • Attains knowledge of environmental health concepts, such as implementation of environmental health strategies.
  • Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for workers and healthcare consumers.
  • Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues and communities.
• Assessment.
  • Collects, prioritizes and synthesizes comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
  • Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, family, other health care providers and environment as appropriate.
  • Integrates data relevant to the situation to identify needs, patterns and variances.
  • Uses appropriate evidence based assessment techniques and instruments in data collection.
• Collects, prioritizes and synthesizes comprehensive data pertinent to the patient's health or situation.
• Implements the identified plan.
• Evaluation.
  • Evaluates the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcome.
  • Evaluates the patient’s/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
  • Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care.
  • Involves the patient, family, and health care team members in the evaluation process when appropriate.
  • Documents revisions in diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care according to documentation guidelines.
• Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
• Functions as a professional role model.
• Implements interventions in a safe, timely, appropriate manner.
• Participates in educational activities related to nursing practice.
• Uses appropriate evidence based assessment techniques and instruments in data collection.
• Planning.
  • Develops a plan that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.
  • Develops an individualized plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate in conjunction with the patient, family and others.
  • Establishes a plan that provides for continuity of care.
  • Incorporates evidence based nursing practice takes into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
• Attains knowledge of environmental health concepts, such as implementation of environmental health strategies.
• Acts in an ethical manner.
• Participates in shared decision-making.
• Outcomes Identification.
  • Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
  • Establishes, in the collaboration with the family, patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
• Resource Utilization.
  • Incorporates factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in planning and delivering patient care.
  • Utilizes resources related to standards of care in a safe, effective and ethical manner.
  • Manages resources to assure they will be accessible to other in the future.
• Shares knowledge and skills in practice settings.
• Documents revisions in diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care according to documentation guidelines.
• Quality of Practice.
  • Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
  • Participates in quality improvement activities related to nursing practice.
  • Incorporates available QI data to improve nursing practice and outcome.
• Acquires and applies the knowledge gained from educational experiences to current nursing practice.
• Collegiality.
  • Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others.
  • Shares knowledge and skills in practice settings.
  • Provides immediate and ongoing positive and constructive feedback to colleagues regarding their performance.
  • Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice.
• Maintains a therapeutic and professional patient-nurse relationship with appropriate professional role boundaries.
• Formulates, revises and resolves nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status.
• Incorporates factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost, and impact on practice in planning and delivering patient care.
• Identifies expected outcomes individualized to the patient.
• Incorporates evidence based nursing practice takes into consideration current statutes, rules and regulations when developing the plan of care.
• Demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
• Promotes an environment that encourages individual growth, nurtures professional practice and fosters teamwork.
• Demonstrates ability to coordinate and direct unit operation so the patient and family needs are met and resources are efficiently utilized in a safe manner.
• Serves as a professional role model.
• Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
• Participates in quality improvement activities related to nursing practice.
• Engages in self-evaluation of practice on a regular basis, identifying strengths and goals for professional development.
• Leadership.
  • Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
  • Functions as a professional role model.
  • Promotes a positive work environment.
  • Participates in shared decision-making.
• Utilizes resources related to standards of care in a safe, effective and ethical manner.
• Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs and plans appropriate learning experiences.
• Incorporates available QI data to improve nursing practice and outcome.
• Uses available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
• Partners with others to effect change and generate positive outcomes through knowledge of the patient or situation.
• Develops an individualized plan considering patient characteristics or the situation as appropriate in conjunction with the patient, family and others.
• Integrates data relevant to the situation to identify needs, patterns and variances.
• Collaboration.
  • Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
  • Partners with others to effect change and generate positive outcomes through knowledge of the patient or situation.
• Documents interventions according to documentation guidelines.
• Evaluates the patient’s/family’s understanding of and response to the plan of care.
• Utilizes systematic and ongoing assessment data to revise diagnoses, outcomes and the plan of care.
• Promotes a practice environment that reduces environmental health risks for workers and healthcare consumers.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Demonstrates ability to evaluate interpersonal sills of orientee.
• Promotes a positive work environment.
• Serves as a patient advocate assisting patients in developing skills for self-advocacy
• Establishes, in the collaboration with the family, patient, realistic and measurable patient expected outcomes based on nursing diagnoses, patients present and potential capabilities, goals, available resources and plan for continuity of care.
• Demonstrates ability to implement an individualized orientation plan for the orientee.
• Validates and communicates nursing diagnoses with the patient, family and other health care team members.
• Involves the patient, family, and health care team members in the evaluation process when appropriate.
• Implementation.
  • Implements the identified plan.
  • Implements interventions in a safe, timely, appropriate manner.
  • Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnoses as appropriate.
  • Coordinates implementation of the plan of care if appropriate
  • Documents interventions according to documentation guidelines.
• Research.
  • Integrates research findings in practice.
  • Utilizes the best evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
• Establishes a plan that provides for continuity of care.
• Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory guidelines.
• Coordinates implementation of the plan of care if appropriate
• Collaborates with patient, family, and others in the conduct of nursing practice.
• Professional Practice Evaluation.
  • Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and regulatory guidelines.
  • Engages in self-evaluation of practice on a regular basis, identifying strengths and goals for professional development.
  • Obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
• Provides immediate and ongoing positive and constructive feedback to colleagues regarding their performance.
• Evaluates the patient’s progress towards attainment of the outcome.
• Preceptor (only when acting in this role).
  • Demonstrates ability to identify the orientee's learning needs and plans appropriate learning experiences.
  • Demonstrates ability to implement an individualized orientation plan for the orientee.
  • Demonstrates ability to validate clinical competence of orientee.
  • Facilitates development of organizational and prioritization skills of orientee.
  • Demonstrates ability to evaluate interpersonal sills of orientee.
  • Serves as a professional role model.
  • Facilitated socialization of orientee into the organization and work group.
• Ethics.
  • Acts in an ethical manner.
  • Maintains a therapeutic and professional patient-nurse relationship with appropriate professional role boundaries.
  • Serves as a patient advocate assisting patients in developing skills for self-advocacy
  • Uses available resources to help formulate ethical decisions.
• Collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
• Education.
  • Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
  • Participates in educational activities related to nursing practice.
  • Acquires and applies the knowledge gained from educational experiences to current nursing practice.
• Charge Nurse (only when acting in this role).
  • Demonstrates ability to coordinate and direct unit operation so the patient and family needs are met and resources are efficiently utilized in a safe manner.
  • Promotes an environment that encourages individual growth, nurtures professional practice and fosters teamwork.
  • Collaborates effectively with unit staff, leadership and other disciplines.
• Documents nursing diagnoses in compliance with the patient care guidelines.
• Collects and prioritizes data in a systematic and ongoing process that involves the patient, family, other health care providers and environment as appropriate.
• Facilitates development of organizational and prioritization skills of orientee.
• Integrates research findings in practice.
• Utilizes the best evidence, including research findings, to guide practice decisions.
• Utilizes evidence-based interventions and treatments specific to the diagnoses as appropriate.
• Obtains informal feedback regarding one’s own practice from patients, peers, professional colleagues, and others.
• Interprets assessment information to identify each patient's needs relative to age, developmental stage and culture.
• Communicates environmental health risks and exposure reduction strategies to healthcare consumers, families, colleagues and communities.
• Diagnosis.
  • Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
  • Interprets assessment information to identify each patient's needs relative to age, developmental stage and culture.
  • Formulates, revises and resolves nursing diagnoses that reflect the current patient status.
  • Validates and communicates nursing diagnoses with the patient, family and other health care team members.
  • Documents nursing diagnoses in compliance with the patient care guidelines.
• Practices in an environmentally safe and healthy manner.
• Facilitated socialization of orientee into the organization and work group.
• Analyzes assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
• Manages resources to assure they will be accessible to other in the future.
• Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession.
• Contributes to a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others.

Physical Demands
Medium Work*:
Lifting weight Up to 32 lbs. occasionally (*Allina Safe Patient Moving Policy), Up to 25 lbs. frequently

Additional :

Work Schedule:

Flexible work schedule

Non-contract

Benefits:
Excellent Benefits/ 401k employer match

Competitive pay

Paid Mileage