Job Description
Do you have a "Hospice Heart"? If your answer is yes,then you are just the nurse we are looking for. When days cannot beadded to a life, we add life to remaining days. Ourmultidisciplinary teams offer culturally-sensitive, end-of-life andpalliative care services to patients and their families at home orin assisted living communities, skilled nursing facilities andhospitals. Ask About Our Sign On Bonus!!! In this field basedposition, you will visit MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care pediatricpatients throughout the five boroughs to perform both physical andpsychosocial assessments and electronically document visitoccurences. Patient visits will be made in both community andfacility settings. As the Pediatric Hospice Field Case Manager, youwill develop and implement nursing plans of care and makerecommendations for care based on patients' needs. As needed, youwill contact the patient's physician to request written orders tofacilitate plan of care changes. In addition, you will alsosupervise, train and evaluate home health aides and homemakersworking with our pediatric hospice patients. The schedule includesworking one weekend per month functioning in a backup On Callcapacity. This position is primarily based inBrooklyn/Queens/Nassau but may require patient visits inBronx/Manhattan.
