What does it mean to be a team member at Iroquois Memorial Hospital? It means that the patient is truly at the center of everything we do. It means that the quest for excellence is not just a goal, but a given. It means building an environment where our providers and our employees can deliver the best in healthcare. It also means that each employee or volunteer is vital to the healing process, because we can only achieve the extraordinary together.
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Job Title: RN/LPN
Department: Hospice
Status: PRN
Schedule: As Needed
Summary/Objective
Provides high quality professional health care to patients of all ages in their home environment. Plans, implements and evaluates nursing care for patients and families.
Essential Functions
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Provides and directs comprehensive health care services to a caseload of patients of all ages and their families through direct care, supervision and interdisciplinary coordination.
- Performs comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments to patients/families. Uses assessment skills to determine patients physical and mental status and status of environmental and social support.
- Develops and modifies a plan of care for the patient and family based on a thorough assessment of problems, potential problems and the medical plan of treatment.
- Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating physical end of life care for the patient in coordination with the attending physician and members of the Hospice Interdisciplinary Team.
- Plan nursing interventions that are consistent with the standard nursing practice.
- Identifies and assesses patient’s/families’ health and social problems, potential problem areas, needs and resources of individuals, families and significant others.
- Coordinates Hospice and interdepartmental services, medical care, community resources and resources within the home in developing the plan of care.
- Implements services and completes medical records in accordance with the care plan in compliance with the the third party regulators, certified Home Health requirements, IMH Hospice policies, procedures, protocols, and standards of nursing practice and all Federal, State and local laws/regulations.
- Teaches and demonstrates care to the patient/family, utilizing established, available patient education, principles, guidelines, and resources; assesses effectiveness of patient/family teaching toward fostering independence in self-care.
- Provides supervision to ancillary health care workers, including but not limited to, Iroquois Hospice aides, assuring appropriate implementation and follow through on the Plan of Treatment.
- Prepares, administers and documents medications and treatments as prescribed.
Education/Experience Requirements
- Graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- One year of experience.
- Positive attitude, good mental and physical health.
Licenses/Certifications
- Current state of Illinois RN/LPN license.
- CPR Certification.
Benefits
Iroquois Memorial Hospital is a 25 bed hospital located in Watseka, Illinois. The hospital facility is comprised of clinical and diagnostic services which are dedicated to providing high quality health care services to the community. These services include but are not limited to an Emergency Room, full service OR suites, an inpatient care unit, therapy services, advanced medical imaging, Home Health, and Hospice Care. The hospital operates rural health clinics in Watseka, IL, Gilman, IL, Milford, IL, Saint Anne, IL and Kentland, IN. The hospital also operates a skilled nursing facility, Iroquois Resident Home, which is attached to the hospital property.
