FT RN On-Call Runner- nights - Cornerstone Hospice

Job Profile Summary

Role: The RN, Nights and Weekends provides after-hours field visits to patients, families, and community partners. Establishes and maintains positive relationships with team members, patients/families, and referral resources.

Qualifications

• Current license as RN in the state where the employee will be working
• Minimum of one (1) year nursing experience; hospice or hospital experience preferred
• Previous experience working with an EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical/Health Record) system
• Able to effectively communicate in English (verbal and written); bi-lingual in Spanish preferred
• Mobile Driver - Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance per Company policy
• Reliable transportation to meet patients’ needs
• Excellent critical decision making and problem-solving skills
• Excellent clinical and assessment skills
• Able to use equipment with visual and auditory mechanisms
• Able to manage time effectively to meet patient service standards and deadlines
• Able to handle stressful situations professionally and calmly with exceptional customer service
• Able to seek and understand information, probe for details, and respond accurately
• Able to navigate in a fast-paced environment utilizing interpersonal skills during patient visits
• Able to work in a cooperative team environment
• Skilled in computer operations; proficient in MS Office software applications, online research, and proven data entry and navigation skills
• Able to perform sedentary work with frequent interruptions
• Able to manage the emotional stress of working with and caring for terminally ill patients and their families
• Able to perform the essential functions and physical requirements (including, but not limited to: lifting patients and/or equipment, bending, pushing/pulling, kneeling) of the job with or without reasonable accommodations
• Active BLS for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association or Red Cross

Competencies

• Satisfactorily complete competency requirements for this position

Responsibilities

• Represents the Company professionally at all times through care delivered and/or services provided to all clients
• Complies with all state, federal and local government regulations, maintaining a strong position against fraud and abuse
• Complies with Company policies, procedures and standard practices
• Observes the Company's health, safety and security practices
• Maintains the confidentiality of patients, families, colleagues and other sensitive situations within the Company
• Uses resources in a fiscally responsible manner
• Promotes the Company through participation in community and professional organizations
• Participates proactively in improving performance at the organizational, departmental and individual levels
• Improves own professional knowledge and skill level
• Advances electronic media skills
• Supports Company research and educational activities
• Shares expertise with coworkers both formally and informally
• Participates in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement activities as appropriate for the position
• Makes after-hours visits to patients in their home, assisted living facility, nursing home, or hospital, anywhere within the assigned affiliate(s) territory
• Provides compassionate customer service to patients and families
• Affirms patient/family and identifies immediate needs and appropriate nursing interventions by phone and/or during visit
• Provides and manages direct care to patients and families as part of Interdisciplinary Group (IDG), incorporating psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, physical and biological components, and appropriate nursing intervention and follow-up
• Demonstrates clinical skills regarding case management, application of company policy and procedure, physical assessment, intravenous therapies, pain medication titration, symptom management, and patient/family relationships
• Prioritizes, consults, refers, and collaborates with other professionals to promote quality and continuity of patient/family care
• Educates patient, family, caregivers and other health professionals about disease process and decline, palliative interventions, care giving, dying process, and safety practices
• Reports changes in the patient’s condition to appropriate members of the IDG or other health professionals
• Attends patient deaths; prepares body for transport; oversees disposal of medications; and provides bereavement support
• Completes documentation per policy and procedure
• During times of emergencies (i.e. Hurricanes, etc.), the RN, Nights and Weekends may be required to report to work at a location designated by the company, to ensure continuity of services. This may include reporting to work ahead of your scheduled date/time due to planned lock down of unit, and staying overnight(s) based on duration of emergency
• Performs other duties as assigned

Compensation

Pay Range: $67,976.53 - $106,213.33

This position requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer of employment is made, as well as on-going compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy. All Chapters Health System employees performing services for Florida affiliates are submitted through the Florida Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse to verify eligibility after a conditional offer of employment is made as well as ongoing eligibility. For more information, please visit https://info.flclearinghouse.com/.