Job Description

Job Location: Spicewood - Austin, TX 78759
Position Type: PRN
Job Shift: Flexible JOB TITLE:        Visit Nurse
DEPARTMENT:  Clinical Services

POSITION SUMMARY
Provides nursing care for patients as directed, responds to urgent changes in patient condition or provides routine case management in lieu of primary case manager.
WORKING RELATIONSHIPS
REPORTS TO:   Team Leader
SUPERVISES:   None
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS: All comments, actions and behaviors have a direct effect on the public’s perception of Hospice Austin. Interactions with patients, family members, physicians, referral sources, visitors, co-workers, etc. must be in a manner that is courteous, respectful, cooperative and professional. This behavior should promote an atmosphere of teamwork and positive relations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Provides nursing care for patients as directed, responds to urgent changes in patient condition or provides routine case management in lieu of primary case manager.
- Coordinates nursing, personal and homemaker care.

Qualifications
- Graduation from an approved school of professional nursing as determined by the Board of Nurse Examiners.
- Licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners.
- Valid Texas driver's license, auto liability insurance and safe driving record.
- CPR certification.
PREFERRED SKILLS:
- 1-year previous hospice nursing experience.