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ANX Home Healthcare & Hospice Care — San Jose California
About ANX: Founded in 2007 by nurses whose visions for the company are built on client-focused quality care for patients and their families first– ANX is committed to providing expert, reliable care utilizing best practices with an emphasis on community health. ANX Hospice Care: ANX also provides 24/7 hospice care for individuals with limited life expectancies or for patients no longer willing to seek aggressive medical treatment. Hospice care is provided by our specially-trained team of health care professionals, including a medical director/physician, medical social worker, skilled nurse, home health aide, spiritual counselor and hospice volunteer.
Benefits
Of Joining ANX: Pays $57-$68/hour Employee Discount Program 100% company-paid Employee assistance program Paid Sick Leave Position Summary for Admissions Registered Nurse (RN): An admissions nurse is a registered nurse and an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) member whose primary responsibility is to present ANX Hospice Care services to patients and families in a manner that results in the admission of appropriate patients. An admissions nurse performs consultation and admission visits to assess the patient’s needs and completes admission assessment and contractual agreement documentation for Hospice.
g. medical records review as requested. Documents assessment, current medications and initiates appropriate care plans.
Writing and initiating a plan of care that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates the patient and the family in the planning process. Responsible for assessing patient’s clinical status, planning, teaching, and implementing immediate interventions on the day of admission. Coordinates medications and DME needs for same-day delivery.
Coordinator with attending physician, Hospice Medical Director regarding patient admission and follow up needs. Communicates admissions information, issues, and concerns inpatient care meetings to assure smooth transition and continuity of care with other assigned staff, including a detailed report to the assigned Case Manager and assigned Social Worker. Performs routine and unscheduled nursing visits when required and serves as a backup to other field staff when there are no admissions Utilize interpersonal skills to help appropriately educate and address any questions the patient and/or patient’s family has concerning hospice care.
Participates in the weekend on call rotation, holidays and After Hours as needed The admission nurse is available to do admissions at the patients home, hospital, board, and care or skilled nursing facility.
Responsibilities
will include but not limited to performs comprehensive nursing evaluations, demonstrates flexibility in scheduling and readily accepts new admissions and emergency assignments as requested, participates in QAPI program as required, adheres to the highest standards of professional and personal conduct in the performance of his/her duties.
Minimum Qualifications
of a Admissions Registered Nurse (RN): Must be able to work on weekends in both San Mateo and San Francisco counti