LPN - Continuous Care - Night shift - PRN

About the role

Since 1980, Tidewell Hospice has proudly served families across southwest Florida with compassionate, dignified care. As a member of Empath Health, we help patients with advanced illness live meaningfully while supporting their families with warmth, expertise, and respect.

Responsibilities

• Under the direction of the RN case manager, provides continuous bed-side clinical observations, prescribed care, physical, and emotional support to patients as directed in plan of care, reporting significant changes in patient condition and family needs as needed.
• In collaboration with the RN, accepts and processes physician orders to maximize patient comfort.

Requirements

• Applicants must be a graduate of an approved nursing program and own a current Florida LPN license.
• Minimum one year experience in an acute care setting, providing direct patient care; previous experience as a hospice LPN preferred.

Qualifications

• Empath Health values diversity as it strengthens our community and care.
• We embrace the diversity of cultures, thoughts, beliefs and traditions of our employees, volunteers and people we are honored to serve across our network.
• Our diverse staff reflects our community and each day, we work to be respectful, sensitive and competent with each other and those in our care.

Skills

• Compassionate care
• Emotional support
• Physical support
• Plan of care implementation

Benefits

• Mileage reimbursement under physician’s orders and RN supervision.

Pay

Details not specified.

Schedule

Schedule 1:1 Patient Ratio | (8:00 PM – 8:00 AM), Must include 2 weekend nights per month