Verdugo Hospice Care Center

Verdugo Hospice Care Center Verdugo Hospice Care Center delivers health care designed to give comfort and support for patients a

09/29/2023

Thank you so much to Sun City Gardens for inviting us to their annual luau. We had a blast! Residents Spending time with their families is what it’s all about! Looking forward to thier next event!

04/25/2022

The Verdugo Hospital Care Center is looking for volunteers!

Contact: [email protected]

We are looking for dedicated and compassionate volunteers to help with our day to day work. Full training support and supervision are provided by our friendly staff. Only a caring attitude is required.

We are looking for:

Patient Volunteers to provide companionship to terminally ill patients. Volunteers make friendly visits to patients and help them in their daily lives by reading to them, playing music, running errands, and relieving family members who need a rest

Office Volunteers to assist with tasks such as preparing mailers, making phone calls, answering phones and taking messages and assisting with projects according to the volunteers' skills and interests.

If you would like to become one of our volunteers please send an email with your Name and Phone Number to
[email protected]. And please make sure to include in the email that you heard about us on Facebook

04/25/2022

Verdugo Hospice Care Center is recruiting Spanish speaking RN's to visit with our terminally Ill patients in South and East LA. Patients live in their own homes or in skilled nursing facilities and RN's work on a per-diem basis.

Essential Job Functions & Responsibilities:

1. Completes initial, comprehensive, and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illnesses.

2. Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.

3. Assesses and evaluates patient's status by:

A. Writing and initiating plan of care

B. Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs.

C. Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary

4. Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.

5. Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and family in the planning process.

6. Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician's plan of care.

7. Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.

8. Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.

9. Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.

10. Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

04/25/2022

Verdugo Hospice Care Center of LA is recruiting Spanish speaking LVN's to visit with our terminally ill patients in South and East LA. Patients live in their own homes or in skilled nursing facilities and visits take place on a per-diem basis.

Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities:

1. Provides direct patient care as defined in State Nurse Practice Act.

2. Implements current nursing practice following a comprehensive assessment and the plan of care.

3. Provide accurate and timely documentation of patient services to reflect the plan of care.

4. Assess and provide patient and family/caregiver education and information pertinent to diagnosis and self plan of care.

5. Participates in coordination of hospice services, appropriately reporting the identified needs to the interdisciplinary group. Examples include hospice aide, OT, PT, MSW, ST, Dietitian, or Clinical Supervisor.

6. Uses equipment and supplies effectively and efficiently.

7. Provides appropriate pain/symptom management. Evaluates patient's response to treatments/medications.

8. Participates in personal, professional growth and development. Also participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.

9. Performs other duties as assigned by the registered nurse.

Address

4170 Verdugo Road
Los Angeles, CA
90065

Telephone

+13232575715

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