Hospice Weekend RN. 12 hour shift Saturday and Sunday--work 24 hours, get paid for 32!

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

About the role

The Weekend Baylor Hospice RN plans and delivers care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, interventions, implementation, and evaluation; and effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and other interdisciplinary team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing and clinical competency. Provides appropriate palliative and hospice care through assessment, teaching, counseling and direct care to client and/or family members. Coordinates care with other community resources and other team members.

This is a weekend position for two 12-hour shifts per weekend: 12 hours on both Saturday and Sunday. Total of 24 hours worked—paid for 32.

Responsibilities

• Manage care of patients, coordinate all services and facilitate communication between all providers.
• Provide skilled nursing care and prescribed treatments to patients and families in their home.
• Provide documentation of services utilizing problem-oriented record.
• Plan for continuity of care with nursing team members, patient, family, and other disciplines.
• Use opportunities for teaching nursing care, comfort measures and health practices to the patient, families and others.
• Instruct and supervise care given by the Hospice Aides.
• Communicate and coordinate with other health and social agency personnel to assist in planning, implementing, evaluation service to the patient and family.
• Complete Hospice Item Set (HIS) time points. Accept accountability for patient satisfaction scores and quality of care outcome measure results.
• Complete and document an initial assessment of patient and family, as assigned, to determine hospice care needs. Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Develop a patient-specific plan of care, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and palliative nursing actions, with emphasis on pain and symptom management. Include the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiate the plan of care, as assigned, and make necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsel the patient and family in meeting patient needs related to physical, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Participate in the weekend/holiday/on-call rotation as defined by BILH at Home.
• Ensure that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Participate in in-service programs and supervise, teach and precept other nursing personnel as assigned by Clinical Manager.

Requirements

• Active valid Massachusetts RN license.
• Active American Health Association BLS certification.
• Associate’s Degree or BSN (preferred) from an accredited school of nursing.
• At least 1 year of direct care nursing experience, preferably in the area of public health or home care nursing.
• OASIS and/or EPIC experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Highly competitive salary & benefits package, including generous PTO, 403(b), and tuition reimbursement.
• Reasonable geographic territory with strong clinical support resources.
• A highly inclusive, diverse team that values the input of all staff to provide excellent patient care.

Pay

Pay range: $66,560.00 USD - $103,700.80 USD annual base salary. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, including seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.

As a health care organization, we require all staff to be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.