Per Diem Registered Nurse (RN)

Our culture is cultivated using the following values:

Integrity: We are honest and professional.

Trust: We count on each other.

Excellence: We strive to always do our best and look for ways to improve and excel.

Accountability: We accept responsibility for our actions, attitudes, and mistakes.

Mutual Respect: We treat others the way we want to be treated.

(Includes, but not limited to)

Complete an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs

Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)

Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of the nursing process

Assess and evaluate 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

Initiate the plan of care and make necessary revisions as patient status and needs change

Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis

Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis

Include the patient and the family in the planning process

Record pain/symptom management and changes/outcomes as appropriate

Communicate with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and report changes in the patient’s condition; obtain/receive physicians’ orders, as required

Teach the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques, as appropriate

Work in concert with the interdisciplinary group

All other duties as assigned

Bristol Hospice is an equal-opportunity employer. Our success depends upon our ability to create and maintain a diverse and supportive work environment where individuality is promoted. Bristol puts high priority on the worth of every person. We do not base our hiring decisions on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristics.