Address
Form of work
SalaryWhat's in it for you? Hospice offers a Robust Total Rewards Package
- Employer 401k contribution regardless of employee participation, and match on employee contributions there after
- Health Insurance with vision component copayment plan, or high deductible plan (FT status)
- HSA with high deductible health plan twice annual Employer contribution (FT status)
- Dental Insurance (FT status)
- Flexible Spending Account (FT status)
- Paid Time Off PTO & NYS Sick Leave
- Tuition Assistance Program
- And Much More!
FT or PT, 2pm-10pm or 2pm- midnight. No weekends.
The majority of our patients prefer to receive hospice and palliative care at home to maintain their independence and live their lives to the best of their ability. Symptoms are managed so that the patient can live a full life with the support of family and friends and the comforts of home.
An On Call Registered Nurse renders professional nursing services, in accordance with physicians' orders, for individualized patient care and psychosocial/ spiritual interventions for patients/families.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities for an On Call Registered Nurse:
- An On Call Registered Nurse demonstrates ability to perform comprehensive assessments to identify all physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, emotional and spiritual needs related to the terminal illness that must be addressed in order to promote the patient's well-being, comfort, and dignity throughout the dying process and documents findings on all appropriate forms and on the plan of care.
- Performs pain assessments using Edmonton Scale, adhering to pain protocols, knowledgeable in equi-analgesic dosing, assures optimal pain relief using interdisciplinary focus and timely interventions.
- Appropriately explains duties and functions of the interdisciplinary team; articulates disease progression of cancer(s), lung disease, heart disease, liver disease, dementia, and other neurologic disease states.
- Able to articulate etiologies of symptom manifestation (nausea, vomiting, anorexia, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, diarrhea, constipation, mucositis, weakness/fatigue, dysphasia, edema, dyspnea, cognitive impairment, urinary retention, depression, delirium) related to a disease process.
- Demonstrates knowledge in usage, indication, adverse side effects, contraindications and negative interactions of most commonly used steroids, NSAIDs, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, narcotics, antifungals, and diuretics.
- Documents to agency standards, timely completion, timely signatures, and documents care using A-I-R protocol to support hospice stay in program and level of care.
- Incorporates computer documentation into patient visit and/or as much as appropriately possible without compromising the quality of care and/or communication.
- Assures the timely completion and return of all initial, renewal and modified orders and reviews all plans of care for procedural compliance.
- Able to articulate understanding of the four levels of Hospice care (routine home care, continuous care, Inpatient care, respite care) and initiates appropriately.
- Must be able to make visits in home care and facility- based (SNF, ALF, group home) settings.
Qualifications
- Education/Certification
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current Registered Nurse licensure in NY.
- Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing preferred.
- Valid Driver's License, free of serious violations, and vehicle required for use when on duty or on-call.
Experience- One year of nursing practice as a professional Registered Nurse is preferred.
