Job description
Main Office Location
: Westwood, Massachusetts
Territory: Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury & Surrounding Areas
Job type: Full-time, Monday-Friday, 40 hours/week, 8:30-5:00
Salaried position with great benefits!
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities
Patient Care
- Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:
- Writing and initiating plan of care
- Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
- Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
- 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.
- Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
- Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required.
- Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient.
- Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.
Additional Duties
- Participates in on-call duties.
- Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services
are available. - Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
- Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance and participation in continuing education and in-service classes.
- Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments.
- Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
Position Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, with 1+ year of hospice care experience preferred.
- Current licensure in Massachusetts and CPR certification.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with the organization requirements.
- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills.
Benefits & Compensation
- Competitive Salary.
- 401(k) match, HMO & PPO Plans, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability and Flexible Spending Account.
- Flexible Schedule & Work-Life Balance.
- Leadership Development & Growth Opportunities.
- Consistent, day-shift hours
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