Nurse

• Complete initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of patients and families to determine hospice needs
• Provide complete physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses by phone
• Provide professional nursing care using all elements of the nursing process
• Assess and evaluate patient status
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses
• Develop care plans with goals based on nursing diagnoses and palliative nursing actions
• Include patients and families in the care planning process
• Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed in the physician’s plan of care
• Counsel patients and families regarding nursing and related needs
• Provide health care instructions according to assessment and care plan
• Assist patients with activities of daily living and facilitate self-sufficiency and comfort care
• Act as case manager and coordinate patient care for assigned caseload

Triage Registered Nurse, Hospice

• Provide and coordinate clinically competent care for an assigned group of inpatient dialysis patients
• Perform patient assessment, care planning, interventions, evaluation, and documentation before, during, and after treatment
• Delegate appropriate tasks to RNs, LVN/LPNs, and Patient Care Technicians
• Assess patient and family learning needs and provide ongoing education
• Recognize changes in patient status and collaborate with supervisors, physicians, nurses, and facility staff
• Direct and provide safe, effective modality-specific dialysis treatment procedures
• Assess daily patient care needs and collaborate with direct and ancillary care staff
• Coordinate communication with FKC and non-FKC dialysis providers and contracted facility personnel
• Administer, monitor, and document intradialytic transfusions and report adverse reactions
• Administer prescribed medications and document medical justification and effectiveness
• Initiate and assist with emergency response measures
• Serve as a resource, leader, coach, mentor, and role model for employees
• Provide specialized nursing care instructions to hospital/facility staff as contractually required
• Assist in outpatient facilities as needed
• Serve as a preceptor to new employees
• Complete CAP requirements to maintain or advance
• Perform other duties assigned by the Supervisor

Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse – Dialysis

• Provide quality-driven telephonic clinical assessments, health education, and utilization management services
• Provide triage assessments to individuals or defined patient populations using telecommunications, computer-based algorithms, protocols, and guidelines
• Use critical thinking, multitasking, and clinical knowledge to assess and disposition patients
• Make recommendations for care and provide education and health information
• Provide nursing assessments using the Nursing Process and state Nurse Practice Act standards
• Identify patient care needs, risk and safety issues, educational opportunities, and appropriate healthcare referrals
• Process calls according to Quality Management guidelines
• Meet product-specific performance metrics
• Report to the Clinical Services team
• Attend virtual, interactive classroom training for 2–4 weeks, with the first two weeks during daytime hours
• Perform other duties as assigned

Registered Nurse – RN

• Provide telehealth and virtual care clinical triage assessments, health education, and other services to diverse patient and health-plan-member populations
• Work independently to make clinical decisions on routine patient-care matters at the RN license level
• Provide patient-focused care and guidance by phone or online
• Assess patient needs and deliver or direct patients to the appropriate level of care
• Identify potential health problems and influence patients to make better health decisions
• Communicate verbally and digitally with organizational clients and team members
• Monitor performance using dashboard metrics and identify improvement opportunities
• Participate in coaching sessions to improve performance
• Document all patient/member interactions using management software
• Guide consumers through phone, video, chat, and other channels to appropriate care, wellness improvement, and healthcare-resource education

Nurse jobs in Alabama

Triage Registered Nurse, Hospice

Acute Inpatient Registered Nurse – Dialysis

Registered Nurse – RN

Bilingual, RN – Registered Nurse