RN On Call Nurse Weekend nights

About the role

The RN-On Call Nurse is responsible for providing hospice nursing care, coordinating with healthcare providers, maintaining accurate documentation, and ensuring the patient and family receive appropriate support.

Responsibilities

• Absorbs responsibility for a patient visit or on-call schedule including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating the nursing process.
• Provides hospice nursing care focusing on pain control and symptom management.
• Communicates with attending physicians, other hospice staff members, and other agencies to coordinate care and utilize resources for the patient/family.
• Maintains regular communication with the direct supervisor to review assignments.
• Maintains up-to-date documentation at the point of service to accurately reflect problems, plans, actions, and goals, and charges.
• Administers medication according to federal and state laws and Hospice policies, along with LTC staff.
• Maintains current patient records and documents in accordance with Hospice policies to ensure accurate and clear statements of problems, interventions, goals, and outcomes, and charges.
• Assesses and collaborates with the Medical Director to determine initial and ongoing eligibility of the hospice patient.
• Completes an initial assessment of the patient and family to determine home care needs.
• Anticipates the end-stage disease process and related pain and symptom management.
• Regularly re-evaluates the patient's nursing needs and uses assessment data to determine care plan needs.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and palliative nursing procedures.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting end-of-life needs.
• Completes a comprehensive death note when appropriate.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs and reports any changes in the patient's condition.
• Communicates with other members of the interdisciplinary team to coordinate the care plan.
• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are made.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing.
• State Certified RN license.
• Experience in hospice or home health care, REQUIRED.
• Excellent documentation skills and the ability to work independently.
• Strong communication skills.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
• Available to travel locally within assigned territory.

Qualifications

• None specified.

Skills

• Excellent documentation skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Knowledge of hospice and home health care practices.
• Ability to anticipate end-stage disease processes and related pain and symptom management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with medical professionals and families.
• Ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks.

Benefits

Ascend Hospice offers competitive salaries, comprehensive healthcare benefits, a 401(k) retirement plan, paid time off, mileage reimbursement, and opportunities for career advancement and growth.

Pay

Competitive Salaries

Schedule

Friday, Saturday and Sunday night (8pm to 0830am)