Job Title: Admissions Nurse, Full-Time Position Summary: As part of the Compass clinical team, an admissions nurse works under the general direction of the Clinical Manager and the attending physician in the provision of skilled nursing assessment, planning, and care in order to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families. The admissions nurse is responsible for educating patients/families about the hospice benefit, enrolling patients into hospice services, identifying patient/family needs, communicating with the assigned case manager, and timely documentation of all admission paperwork. The admissions nurse may also function as a visiting nurse or case manager. Duties and Responsibilities: - Provide education to patients and families specific to the hospice benefit, end-of-life care, and symptom management - Perform physical assessment and initiate the patient's plan of care for patient populations to include pediatric and adult - Initiate communication with attending physicians, clinical manager, and the hospice interdisciplinary team to coordinate patients plan of care - Enroll patient onto hospice services in a timely manner - Promotes the involvement of patients and/or families in the plan of care - Obtain data on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that may influence patient and/or family's health status and incorporate into the plan of care with emphasis placed on pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support - Respond to patients and/or families of other hospice nurses during on-call times, or as requested Minimum Qualifications: - Degree from an accredited college or university - Possession of current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in the State of Maryland - 1-2 years experience working in hospice care - Demonstrate a basic understanding of office equipment and competency in computer technology to document patient information - Ability to read and follow written instructions and hear to process directions and requests - Demonstrate ability to make meaningful patient observations and write a brief, accurate reports for patient files - Must have reliable means of transportation - Must be able to perform job-related duties that require lifting, standing, bending, transferring, stretching, walking, pushing, and partial or complete assistance with activities of daily living without assistance from another health care worker or significant other Submit a resume and cover letter to Compass, 160 Coursevall Drive, Centreville, MD 21617 or directly email hr@compassregionalhospice.org. Compass Regional Hospice Inc., is an Equal Opportunity Employer About Compass Compass is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 by a group of volunteers dedicated to bringing hospice services to Queen Anne's County. Today the organization is a regional provider of hospice care and grief support services in Queen Anne's, Kent, and Caroline Counties. Staff and volunteers help people of all ages as they face the challenges of living with a lifelimiting illness and learning to live following the death of a loved one. Grief support services are offered through Compass' Hope & Healing Center to family members of those whose loved ones have died under our hospice care, as well as members of the community who have experienced loss. Compass' main office is in Centreville, Maryland. Learn more at www.compassregionalhospice.org.