Registered Nurse Palliative Care - AdventHealth Orlando

Location Address: 601 East Rollins Street, Orlando, FL

Top Reasons to work at AdventHealth Orlando:

• Located on a lush tropical campus, our flagship hospital, 1,368-bed AdventHealth Orlando serves as the major tertiary facility for much of the Southeast, the Caribbean and South America.
• AdventHealth Orlando houses one of the largest Emergency Departments and largest cardiac catheterization labs in the country.
• We are already one of the busiest hospitals in the nation, providing service excellence to more than 32,000 inpatients and 125,000 outpatients each year.
• If you want to be a part of a team that is dedicated to delivering the highest quality in patient care, we invite you to explore the RN opportunity with AdventHealth Orlando and apply online today.
• Want to see what itâ™s like to work with us? Click here for a virtual tour of our Orlando campus!

Department Profile:

• The Palliative Care and Supportive Medicine unit provides a multidisciplinary approach for patients with a serious chronic illness or a life limiting illness.
• The unit has 15 private patient rooms with designated space for family members to stay with their loved one overnight if they wish.
• We have a dedicated team of specially trained nurses, physicians, ARNPâ™s, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, chaplain, case management, and pharmacist that focus on symptom management such as pain, nausea, fatigue, anxiety, physical and mental stress.

Work Hours/Shift: Full Time Days, 7a-7p

UP to $15,000 Sign-on and $3,000 Relocation Bonus available for eligible candidates (see terms below)

*Bonus Details:

Sign-on Eligibility:

• Applicable experience required.
• Full Time employment contract required.
• Rehires within 12 months are not eligible. 
• Internal Candidates are not eligible.

Relocation Eligibility:

• Applicable experience required.
• Full Time employment contract required.
• Rehires within 12 months are not eligible. 
• Must live 50 miles outside of campus address.

You Will Be Responsible For:   

• NURSING PROCESS: Completes timely assessments per Practice Guidelines including physiological, psychological, developmental, sociocultural, spiritual, and life-style factors, including signs of abuse or neglect. Makes appropriate decisions and interventions and nursing diagnosis according to patients actual or potential health conditions or needs. (American Nurses Association [ANA], 2012)
• NURSING PROCESS: Based on the assessment and diagnosis, sets measurable and achievable short and long-range goals for the patient (ANA, 2012), assisting in the development and implementation of an individualized plan of care. Prioritizes and completes follow up assessments, evaluates and modifies plan of care as needed. Nursing practice reflects mutual goal setting and whole person care including meeting the needs of the mind, body and spirit. (King, 1995)
• NURSING KNOWLEDGE: Demonstrates the ability to assess and interpret diagnostic data relative to patient age and condition, including, but not limited to lab results, non-invasive monitoring data and interdisciplinary team notes. Nursing practice reflects the application of knowledge and skills pertaining to all diagnoses, procedures, medications, complications, and equipment associated with unit patient population. 
• PATIENT SAFETY: Nursing practice reflects the application of knowledge, skill and adherence to all pertinent regulatory standards.  Follows strict infection prevention precautions. Adheres to policy and procedure regarding all aspects of medication safety. Practice reflects importance of patient teaching and takes advantage of opportunities, both planned and unplanned, to carry it out in accordance with plan of care.
• COMMUNICATION: Promotes an exceptional patient experience by abiding to compassion and image standards and fostering excellent nurse-patient relationships through effective/therapeutic communication with the patient, family, and visitors, including but not limited to and as applicable, hourly rounding. Exhibits ability to utilize appropriate techniques, verbiage, and resources in all interactions with the patient to their level of understanding.  Communicates effectively with interdisciplinary team by completing thorough hand off communication in all situations. Follows chain of command when appropriate.