McLaren Health Care is a fully integrated health network committed to quality, evidence-based patient care with locations in Michigan and Indiana. The McLaren system includes 13 hospitals in Michigan, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, a primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company. McLaren operates Michigan’s largest network of cancer centers and providers, anchored by the Karmanos Cancer Institute, one of only 53 National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer centers in the U.S.
Under the direction of the Clinical Manager, provides comprehensive health care services to patients and their families through direct care and supervision.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Performs comprehensive initial and ongoing assessments of patients/families.
• May participate in development of initial plan and ongoing plan of care in collaboration with IDT Team. Revises the plan of care as needed.
• Informs the patient upon admission to Hospice of the mechanism for receiving, reviewing and resolving patient complaints.
• Uses assessment skills to determine patients’ physical and mental status and status of environment and social support.
• Identifies patients’/families’ health and social issues and potential problem areas.
• Initiates referrals to other services/community resources as indicated.
• Develops measurable patient-centered goals in collaboration with the patient and family.
• Implements services in accordance with the established care plan, standards of nursing Hospice policies, procedures, protocols and all federal, state and local laws/ regulations, and accreditation standards.
• Prepares, administers and documents medications and treatments as prescribed in the Physician’s Plan of Care. Verifies current medications with medication profile.
• Reports pertinent clinical findings to patient’s Case Management nurse, physician/Clinical Manager.
• Reports pertinent clinical findings to patient’s Case Management nurse, physician/Clinical Manager.
• Evaluates the patient/family response to the Plan of Care against established goals.
• Provides, establishes, and revises the Home Health Assistant Plan of Care to Home Health Assistants as assigned. Provides supervision to Home Health Aides and coordinates/assists ancillary services as assigned.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan.
• Two years of recent clinical experience, preferably in hospice, home care, oncology, gerontology, or surgical nursing required.
• Must have the ability to work near fumes such as wound odors, home odors and cigarette/cigar/pipe smoke.
• Must have an active State of Michigan Driver's license.
• Must provide proof of insurability.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Employer
McLaren Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identification, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability, genetic information, height or weight, protected veteran or other classification protected by law.
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