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Friday, Saturday, and Sunday On-Call
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday On-Call
Job Summary
Homestead Hospice is seeking a Hospice On-Call Nurse (RN) to join our team of outstanding teams. At Homestead Hospice, the difference is our people and the commitments that we hold dear. The On-Call Registered Nurse is responsible for evaluating and responding to the patient's/caregiver's needs after-hours via telephone contact, home visits, and/or facility visits for assessment, symptom management, treatment, teaching, and coordination of care as needed in accordance with the plan of care.
Qualifications
- Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
- Current unrestricted registration in the state.
- Minimum 2 years of hospice experience
- Knowledge of terminally ill patients and their families along with an understanding of hospice.
- Must understand the physical psychosocial and spiritual concerns of the terminal patient and the effects of the prognosis on the family.
- Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills to patients, families, team members, and other health care professionals.
- Very competitive hourly pay
- Evening shift flex hours!
Responsibilities
- Respond to emergency telephone requests for patient care, questions or concerns, and medical emergencies.
- Turn on the cell phone at all times or notify the answering service of how you can be reached.
- Patient visits after hours/weekends are for emergency purposes. A phone consultation will be used to provide instructions to family/caregivers to help solve problems. After advice is given, the nurse will follow up within a reasonable amount of time to reassess the situation. If there is no improvement and/or the situation is unstable, a visit will be offered and/or made by the nurse.
- Calls will be responded to within 10 minutes of receiving the signal on the pager or answering service.
- Documents all contacts on Brightree.
