Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice

Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice

Pay Range: $50 - $65 per hour

Job Type: Full Time

Territory: South County San Diego

Join Seaport Hospice – Deliver Care That Truly Matters

Are you a compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) looking to make a meaningful impact? At Seaport Hospice, we believe nursing is one of the noblest professions. Our dedicated team provides superior clinical outcomes and exceptional patient and family satisfaction, making us the provider of choice in the San Diego community.

We foster a culture built on:

• Celebration of successes and making work enjoyable
• Highest standards of care and professionalism
• Continuous learning and growth
• Respect and empathy for others
• Innovation with good judgment

Most importantly, we put employees first, because exceptional patient care starts with a supported and valued team.

Why Work With Us?

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Competitive compensation
• Health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Pre-tax healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• 401(k) plan with generous company match
• Critical illness benefit
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Employee assistance program

About the Role

The on call registered nurse plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience.  The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

Key Responsibilities:

• The Registered Nurse (RN) completes a comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
• Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

Qualifications

• Active CA Registered Nurse License
• 1+ Year of Nursing Experience, hospice nursing experience preferred.
• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position, and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required

About Seaport Hospice

Seaport Hospice is part of the Pennant Group, a nationwide network with over 300 locations. We combine the stability of a proven healthcare leader with the freedom to innovate locally in San Diego hospice care.

Our Core Values: CAPLICO

• Celebration
• Accountability
• Passion for Learning
• Love One Another
• Intelligent Risk Taking
• Customer Second
• Ownership

Join us and make a lasting impact—one patient, one family at a time.

The employer for this position is stated in the job posting.  The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US.  Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets.  More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.