The culture at HealthPartners is one of ownership, pride, service, and most importantly, partnership.
That spirit of partnership among employees, and with patients and the community is just one of the many reasons we were recently named one of the nation´s Best Places to Work in Healthcare by Modern Healthcare magazine. Join us for a career that offers respect, support and encouragement. You´ll stay for the power of partnership. Our continued growth has created an opportunity for a RN with HealthPartners Hospice & Palliative Care in Bloomington, MN. This position will be responsible for providing end-of-life care to patients needing palliative or hospice services in their home or community setting and may include providing case management, admissions facilitation, clinical support, continuous care, after hours call, and/or other skilled nursing expertise with end-of-life care.Additional responsibilities include:1. Identifying the patients and family´s physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety and developmental needs and individualizing the patients plan of care based on the needs identified.2. Assessing all aspects of the patient´s pain and developing an individualized pain management plan.3. Anticipating, preventing and treating undesirable symptoms or secondary symptoms.4. Identifying and addressing comfort care needs.5. Supporting, instructing and educating the patient, family, and caregiver.6. Documenting problems, nursing assessments, appropriate goals, care provided, care interventions and patient and family outcomes achieved from intervention and care provided.7. Coordinating all patient and family services.8. Maintaining the dignity of the dying patient.9. Supporting the patients and family´s unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.10. Providing holistic, family-centered care across treatment settings to improve the quality of life.11. Consulting and collaborating with the interdisciplinary team and others involved in the patients care.12. Providing care consistent with National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization standards of practice for hospice programs.13. Implementing care to achieve outcomes of comfortable and safe dying, self-determined life closure and effective grieving for patient and family.14. Supervising and directing care of other nursing personnel including RNs, LPNs, and Home Health Aides.15. Maintaining patient and personal safety regarding occupational health and safety.16. Participating in scheduled weekend work (i.e., visits or triage of patient calls).17. Participating in evening/night call schedule.18. Participating in Quality Improvement program.This position requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing with a current State of Minnesota RN license along with two years recent (within the past five years) nursing experience in acute, long-term care or home care/hospice/public health. This position requires someone who can work in independently, has demonstrated patient care planning and patient teaching skills and strong written and verbal communication skills. Current CPR certification and a MN Drivers License and daily access to a reliable and insured vehicle are also required. This position also requires computer literacy. HealthPartners prefers a Bachelors Degree in Nursing or health related discipline along with home care, hospice or public health experience or a Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN) certification or CHPN certification after two (2) years full time employment.HealthPartners offers an excellent salary/benefits package, a rewarding environment, and a total commitment to providing exceptional care.