Registered Nurse On Call Weeknights - Tallahassee

Why Covenant Care?
Are you a Healthcare Warrior? Want a competitive, engaging job with great perks? Want a seat at the table to discuss strategy? Want to see your ideas put into action? Then you want to look closely at a career with Covenant Care.
Covenant Care is one of the largest non-profit providers of home health, hospice, memory, palliative and private duty care in the regions we serve. Our collaborative team of more than 600 physicians, nurses, aides, therapists and professional staff and volunteers serve patients and families in communities throughout Florida and Alabama. For more information, visit choosecovenant.org, or visit us on Facebook, Instagram or LinkedIn.
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Our teammates enjoy a supportive environment and flexible schedule with advancement opportunities. Covenant Care's engaging culture is founded upon mutual respect and trust. A place where employees feel valued and patients and residents feel the service is extraordinary. We recognize and celebrate the value of each teammate's unique contributions and encourage a sense of ownership, sharing our mission with patients, families and our communities.
Position Description
The Interdisciplinary Group night RN is a professional nurse specially trained in the Hospice concept to provide on-call service for the personal, physical, emotional and social needs of the patient-family unit. The night RN will be responsible for evaluating and responding to the patient's/caregiver's needs via telephone contact, home visits, and/or facility visits for assessment, symptom management, treatment, teaching and coordination of care.
Qualifications
A minimum of one year of clinical nursing experience preferred. Experience must be in Hospice or in a medical/surgical setting, a hospital, oncology or geriatric facility. A current RN license in the State of Florida or Alabama as applicable depending on assignment. Reliable transportation, valid state of Florida or Alabama driver's license, as applicable depending on assignment, and current automobile liability insurance and insurability under the company liability insurance are required. Must possess current CPR certification.
Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for providing on-call services for personal, physical, and emotional needs of the patient/family unit.
• Responds to calls received from patients/caregivers within fifteen minutes. Visits are to be made with first call PT/PCG verbalize distress and if PT/PCG calls a second time.
• Uses nursing assessment skills and appropriate questions to accurately evaluate problems/needs.
• Completes assessment of patient/family unit during visits.
• Perform treatments/interventions in accordance with the Plan of Care and physician's orders and updates twice monthly or more often if needed.
• Provides emotional support to patient/caregiver.
• Teaches patient/caregiver as appropriate to Plan of Care.
• Attends patients deaths facility and home patients per the PIC guidelines and completes death paperwork.
• Follows Standard Precautions.
• Makes follow-up visits/phone calls to patients and caregivers when the patient has been experiencing any change or problem, and/or when the primary nurse makes recommendations.
• Arranges for needed medications and supplies.
• Makes visit to assess patient after a fall. Makes a visit to provide support to patients hospitalized during the shift.
• Coordinates appropriate care, communicates and collaborates with Interdisciplinary Group.
• Notifies Clinical Manager, Assistant Regional Director or Branch Office Manager, and team members by leaving accurate and detailed messages in voice mail boxes prior to going off duty.
• Leaves message as per policy after death attendance.
• Accurately completes documentation of visits and phone contacts, and submits documentation in a timely manner per policy. Maintains complete, accurate and up to the date medical records and other records pertaining to the provision of care.
• Calls physician as necessary for changes in Plan of Care.
• Initiates continuous care when needed as per policy.
• Follows policy if inpatient care is required.
• Actively seeks ways to develop professionally.
• Develops basic knowledge of Hospice Medicare/Hospice Medicaid and other reimbursement mechanisms.
• Develops areas of expertise in hospice nursing skills.
• Pursues professional growth through academic and continuing educational programs.
• Attends Hospice in-services.
• Competently performs all basic nursing skills (see attached "New Employee Nursing Skills List").
• Completes Clinical Competency orientation within the 90-day probationary period.
• Determines the patient is hospice appropriate, documents to the patient's terminality, and establishes and maintains the care plan for medically necessary assessments and services. This applies to determinations and consultations with members of the IDG, including the Attending Physician or Hospice physician, in all circumstances in which the level of care is to be assigned as Short-term Inpatient Care or Continuous Care, and includes all actions required in Covenant's policies and procedures regarding the placement or removal of a patient from those categories of care.

As a member of the Interdisciplinary Group, is responsible for determining and documenting the level of care status of patients, and in particular, inpatient level of care, to ensure the patient is appropriate and meets the criteria for short-term care needed to manage pain and symptoms in an inpatient facility. This responsibility includes appropriate management and documentation with the patient's change in status either to short-term inpatient care or removed from that status, and all monitoring of the care during the inpatient period. This same requirement applies to management and documentation of patients who are placed on a Continuous Care level of care. Strict compliance with all rules and regulations, including Covenant Hospice's policies and procedures, is required.
Contact the Human Resources Department at 850.365.9659 for more information. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.