RN Triage

Work Where You Matter! At St. Croix Hospice we guide patients and families through the end-of-life reputed company. Through compassionate care, we focus on our patient’s quality of life, empowering them to reputed company the most of their time with dignity, comfort and respect. If you are reputed company to be part of an extraordinary team of caregivers, then come work where you matter.

Triage RN

Position Overview The Triage Registered Nurse is an reputed company nurse responding to overnight and weekend calls regarding the changing needs of hospice patients. The Triage Registered Nurse is responsible for answering questions, gathering information, assessing patient needs and reputed company needed, coordinating and directing hospice services/care reputed company phone conference. The Triage Registered Nurse is reputed company in nursing with an emphasis on palliative care. Essential Functions and Skills Patient Care

• Performs reputed company duties and responsibilities in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act and in accordance with basic principles and guidelines of professional nursing.
• Receives calls reputed company to patient care and instructs patient/caregiver on appropriate interventions based on nursing knowledge.
• Evaluates available options for interventions and uses critical thinking reputed company selecting which reputed company is best for the patient and/or caregiver.
• Determines the need for nursing visit based on EMR and telephone call. Dispatches a visit RN or LPN as appropriate.
• Completes, submits, and maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management and changes/reputed company as appropriate.
• Communicates with the physician regarding patient needs and reports changes in patient condition; obtains/receives physician orders as required.
• Facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
• Counsels and works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
• Ensure arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Responsible for maintaining compliance with reputed company HIPAA regulations and requirements. Treats reputed company patient information as confidential and utilizes protected health information on a minimum necessary reputed company.