Registered Nurse

SANAD The Home Hospice Organization of Lebanon Full time Hospice Nurse   Job Description   SANAD: the Home Hospice Organization of Lebanon Our mission is to provide comprehensive home-based hospice care to terminally ill patients while preserving their dignity and enhancing the quality of their remaining life. We aim to assist patients to remain as alert, as functional and as comfortable as possible within the calm and sanctuary of their own home, surrounded by family and loved ones. This support includes medical, social, and psychological support to the patients and their family members.   Responsibility As a member of the Executive Team, works under the direction and the supervision of the Medical Director regarding all medical issues. She will also be guided and directed by the Leading Field Nurse, in providing skilled nursing assessment, planning and care in order to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families. The Hospice Nurse is responsible for identifying patient/ family needs and for providing supportive care in accordance with the plan of care set with the Medical Director and Leading Field Nurse.   Qualifications - Registered Nurse with active license and registered in the Order of Nurses. - At least 3 to 5 years of a valid work experience as a professional nurse - Skills in administrative performance, which includes expertise with communication, both written and oral, documentation requirements, service coordination. - Excellent communication skills, empathy, and compassion. Open minded, nonjudgmental, respectful of others and their beliefs. - Flexible, proactive, problem solver, trustworthy, and willing to accommodate to difficult and unexpected situations. - Fluent in Arabic and English and/or French. - Knowledge of basic computer software such as Word and Excel. - Ready to travel to receive additional training on support of terminal patients and their families.   Functions Under the guidance and supervision of the Medical Director and the Leading Field Nurse, the Hospice Nurse shall carry out the following:   Organizational tasks: - Ensure proper documentation of planning, coordination and delivery of patient/family care. - Provide for the regular multidisciplinary executive team meetings the development, review and revision of the patient / family plan of care, including exchange of information, problems or unique issues and professional support provided. - Document meeting minutes of multidisciplinary executive team meetings and ensure follow up on action points - Document patient/family visits details - Maintain medical records (including equipment and medications), assuring accuracy, completeness and compliance with registration regulations, legal and ethical standards. - Conduct desk research on palliative / hospice care to inform SANAD policies and strategy. - Assist in developing proposals for funding. - Participate in the development of written material, published papers and articles on hospice care. - Participate in efforts to increase community awareness on end-of-life issues. -- Organize all administrational aspects of file and record keeping.   Executive tasks: - Perform evaluation of patients for eligibility for SANAD services. - Develop a care plan and advanced directives with patients and their families on admission. - Review care plan with Medical Director and Leading Field Nurse on a regular basis. - Provide nursing services to SANAD patients in their homes under the supervision of the Medical Director and Leading Field Nurse. - Assess the ability of family members to provide care for the patient. - Facilitate agreement of family members regarding care plan. - Obtain and analyze data on physical, psychological, social and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and incorporate that data and its findings in care plan. - Draw a plan for training and role designation for family members. - Coordinate care with the primary physicians of patients when needed. - Report on all organizational, medical, nursing and technical care matters to Medical Director and Leading field Nurse. - Uphold the mission and goals of SANAD.   Research Executive Tasks: Represent SANAD and its executive team to: - Guide and facilitate SANAD’s research direction - Finalize Research overall annual plan - Uphold the mission and goals of SANAD