• Job Description

  Req#: R5983
  Jacksonville, FL 32257

  The Pediatric Respite Nurse provides a variety of in-home healthcare support to patients. During respite shifts, s/he provides patient care addressing symptom management ordering appropriate interventions as needed. The Respite Nurse provides an ongoing assessment of patient needs, completing home health visits ensuring compliance with re-certification for home health guidelines.

  Position Details

  • Location: Duval county area, Home Health
  • Compensation: $68,000 -$72,000 base salary, plus paid driving mileage; full benefits package including 23 days of PTO annual
  • Days/Hours: Monday - Friday 8:30am - 5:00pm; occasional weekend shift usually 1x month, rotation based on-call

  Job Description

  • Assesses and identifies patient and family member needs during initial enrollment contact and subsequent nursing and respite visits.
  • Typical case load involves around 10-15 patient visits a week
  • Follows plan of care as ordered by the physician, including any nursing interventions, medication administration, treatments, bathing, transferring, feeding, teaching, and/or death/discharge process.
  • Completes in-home patient care documentation specific to interventions performed and any medications administered throughout patient care. Also documents post-mortem care and destruction of medications at the time of death, if applicable.
  • Communicates with manager/director if any problems, complaints, concerns related to the patient/patient care/services.
  • Adheres to all infection control and patient confidentiality policies and complaint process to the Florida Department of Health.
  • Provides patient follow-up contact, scheduling, enrollments and 60-day nursing visits.
  • Provides ongoing education, advocacy, and empowerment to pediatric patients, parent/guardian, to maintain safe care with dignity, and focus on quality of life.
  • Acts as a liaison between Community Hospice Pediatric Care interdisciplinary team and other professionals involved in the patients’ care.
  • Stays up-to-date with working knowledge of all Community Hospice PedsCare programs and services. Programs include Perinatal, Hospice, Partners-in-Care, non-reimbursed palliative care programs, inpatient pain and palliative physician consult services, regulations, and reimbursement mechanisms.
  • Participates in IDG meetings as a contributing member of the team.
  • Ensures timely completion of all discipline-specific and organizational documentation according to Community Hospice policies and procedures.
  • Participates in program, organizational, community in-service programs or presentations, as appropriate.
  • Becomes dually employed with Community Hospice’s home health agency, Alivia Care, and performs home health responsibilities including education, admissions, obtaining physician orders, and care coordination for Alivia Care clients.
  • Cross trains in palliative and hospice care for coverage of palliative and hospice nurses.
  • Other duties as assigned.

  Education/Experience:
  Any combination of education and experience that would provide required skills and knowledge for successful performance would be qualifying. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

  • Bachelor's Nursing degree preferred, two-year Associates or degree from a nursing program minimum
  • BLS Certification
  • RN state of Florida licensure
  • Two (2) years nursing experience minimum, with two recent years related to pediatric nursing

  Desired Knowledge & Skills

  • Principles and practices of pediatric nursing
  • Ability to complete accurate physical assessments
  • Can work within a framework of various patient home health environments across locations.

  We are an equal opportunity employer.

  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.

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