RN-Hope Hospice-Hospice House-Weekend-Days

About the role

When you join the Chapters Health Team, you're joining a mission. We're dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and top-notch customer service in our communities every day. Our employees are the heart of our success!

Responsibilities

• Assess and identify patient/family needs, utilizing the nursing process.
• Coordinate the Plan of Care with the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG).
• Provide palliative and supportive care to the patient/family unit.
• Educate patient, family, caregivers and other health professionals about disease process and decline, palliative interventions, care giving, dying process and safety practices.
• Report changes in the patient’s condition to appropriate members of the IDG or other health professionals.
• Evaluate hospice referrals/admissions for level of care appropriateness.
• Attend patient deaths; prepare body for transport; oversee disposal of medications.
• Provide bereavement interventions to the family and caregiver in conjunction with psychosocial staff.
• Present concise and pertinent oral and written reports to IDG.
• Communicate accurately and completely to physicians, staff members, patients, families, and supervisors.
• Supervise patient care given by other nursing team members.

Qualifications

• Current license as RN in the state providing care, current active single-state out-of-state nurse license, or current active multistate/compact nurse license.
• Minimum one (1) year in-patient nursing or hospice experience preferred for external candidates; for internal applicants, minimum of 6-months of LPN experience with hospice/home health within an affiliate preferred.
• New grads may be considered in IPU only.
• Previous experience working with an EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical/Health Record) system preferred.
• Ability to use equipment with visual and auditory mechanisms.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English (verbal and written).
• Flexible schedule to meet the needs of Hospice House patients.
• Ability to manage the emotional stress of working with and caring for terminally ill patients and their families.
• Ability to physically access patient rooms, other areas of the Hospice House/Hospital/ALF, etc., and any home (i.e., navigate stairs and narrow spaces, tolerate heat and lack of air conditioning) within any part of the service area.
• Ability 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 accommodation.
• Active BLS for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
• Employees hired prior to 12/31/2022 must obtain certificate prior to 3/31/2023.
• Intermittent Driver – Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance per Company policy.
• Ability to travel off-site to meet business needs.

Skills

• Satisfy competency requirements for this position.

Benefits

• Day 1 Schedule: Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 7a-7p.

Pay

$29.74 - $46.46

Schedule

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 7a-7p

Qualifications

• Current license as RN in the state providing care, current active single-state out-of-state nurse license, or current active multistate/compact nurse license.
• Minimum one (1) year in-patient nursing or hospice experience preferred for external candidates; for internal applicants, minimum of 6-months of LPN experience with hospice/home health within an affiliate preferred.
• New grads may be considered in IPU only.
• Previous experience working with an EMR/EHR (Electronic Medical/Health Record) system preferred.
• Ability to use equipment with visual and auditory mechanisms.
• Ability to effectively communicate in English (verbal and written).
• Flexible schedule to meet the needs of Hospice House patients.
• Ability to manage the emotional stress of working with and caring for terminally ill patients and their families.
• Ability to physically access patient rooms, other areas of the Hospice House/Hospital/ALF, etc., and any home (i.e., navigate stairs and narrow spaces, tolerate heat and lack of air conditioning) within any part of the service area.
• Ability 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 accommodation.
• Active BLS for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
• Employees hired prior to 12/31/2022 must obtain certificate prior to 3/31/2023.
• Intermittent Driver – Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance per Company policy.
• Ability to travel off-site to meet business needs.