Hospice After Hours Registered Nurse (RN) S/S 12p-830p

About the role

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. We are a community-based, not-for-profit hospice & palliative care provider with deep community roots and decades of experience serving ALL patients' and families' needs regardless of their ability to pay or medical complexity. We are a people-first organization where funds support our mission.

Essential Functions

• Absorbs responsibility for the effective coordination of patient/caregiver care.
• Conducts nursing assessments to assist in the overall management of patient/caregiver needs.
• Visits to provide appropriate interventions, follows established plan of care, evaluates patient/caregiver responses, and revises plan of care as necessary.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care for patients/caregivers, incorporating therapeutic, preventive, and palliative nursing actions, and specifically addressing patient/caregiver education.
• Evaluates and updates plan of care as goals and objectives are achieved or changed.
• Emergency triage by telephone and home visits.
• Provides interventions consistent with the plan of care and performs all interventions required for each visit, identifying new problems or needs when they occur.
• Facilitates patient and caregiver independence to the extent possible.
• Initiates and maintains a liaison relationship with healthcare providers to effectively coordinate multidisciplinary care.
• Consults with the patient, caregivers, physician, facility staff, and interdisciplinary team when initiating care and when significant changes in care needs occur.
• Reliably communicates pertinent information to appropriate members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Identify and refer all patient/caregiver psychosocial needs to VIA Health Partners Medical Social Worker as appropriate.
• Identify learning needs of patients and caregivers and provide necessary instruction.
• Demonstrate nursing care procedures. Utilize teaching materials, tools, and written information appropriately.
• Encourage and allow time for questions and consultation.
• When providing hospice care, appropriately utilize VIA Health Partners policies, patient-related protocols, standing orders, and guidelines, including Enclara Pharmacia MUGs; Medline, and ProHospice, as applicable.
• Maintain productive and professional relations with external agencies and healthcare providers.
• Store all supplies safely and ensure that work area is clean, secure, and well-maintained.
• Maintain appropriate utilization of resources to ensure cost-effective delivery of healthcare.
• Utilize principles of infection control and ensure universal precautions in accordance with accepted professional practice.
• Keep clinical records current by synchronizing laptop information throughout the shift.
• Complete and submit all clinical documentation per VIA Health Partners clinical documentation guidelines.
• Maintain current medication profile as directed by physician. Document medication teaching: purpose, doses, route, frequency, actions, indication for use, side effects, and interactions.
• Record time/mileage accurately.
• Responsible for related duties as required and/or assigned.
• Adhere to VIA Health Partners’ Core Values and Expected Behaviors that are listed in the Employee Policies, Practices & Benefits Handbook.
• Ensure that VIA Health Partners’ professional reputation is maintained and projected.
• Assume responsibility for professional development and staying abreast of current trends in the field.
• Incorporate new information and methods into practice.
• Maintain current professional licensure/certification (RN licensure, CPR certification, and CEUs).
• Understand that everyone is our customer and strive for a positive and productive relationship.
• Responsible for all material reviewed at Nurses Meetings, After Hours Meetings, and All Staff Meetings, whether in attendance or not.

Qualifications

• A Diploma or Associates Degree in nursing is required; Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• A current, active, and unrestricted compact (multistate) license as a Registered Nurse (RN) is required.
• The Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) allows a registered nurse (RN) and licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN) to have one multistate license in a primary state of residency (the home state) and to practice in other compact states (remote states), while subject to each state’s practice laws and discipline.
• CPR required; CHPN preferred.
• Minimum 2 years related experience.
• Experience in direct care of patients with life-limiting illnesses required.
• Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics, oncology; home health care; medical surgical.
• Prior experience in working in an environment which focuses on the pediatric population is required for Kids Path™ Nurse with BCLS (CPR) training for both adult and child/infant required.
• Computer proficiency is required.