Weekend On-Call Nurse

Description:

Hospice El Paso is the only non-profit hospice organization in the city.We are the oldest (34+ years) and largest hospice in the community.We were founded by El Pasoans for the sole purpose of providing specialized care, comfort, and support to persons with a terminal illness, regardless of their ability to pay.

Our focus is maximizing the remaining quality of life for the dying, while also providing support for their caregivers and loved ones.Specialized teams provide compassionate comfort and care and are comprised of physicians, registered nurses (RNs), certified nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, plus admissions counselors and support staff.

Most of these services are provided at home.Hospice care can also be provided in nursing, foster, and assisted living homes, along with rehabilitation centers and skilled nursing facilities.

The “Center for Compassionate Care” is the city's first stand-alone “hospice in-patient facility.”We provide acute hospice care in a quiet and comfortable setting.In this home-like setting, patients receive 24-hours of specialized skilled care when pain and symptoms cannot be managed in a home environment.

Become a part of our team – we are passion-driven and caring professionals, committed to excellence.We are Hospice El Paso!

As a Weekend On-Call Nurse, you will provide patient care during non-office hours as prescribed by the physician in compliance with applicable nursing licensure and agency policies and procedures.

Excellent Benefits Package:

• Competitive salary
• Medical/Dental/Vision benefits
• Company paid life insurance with additional voluntary life insurance option.
• Employer Match 403(b)
• Paid Holidays
• Generous Vacation and Sick Leave

Minimum Requirements:

· Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas.

· Two years clinical experience. Background in ICU, oncology, discharge planning, care of terminal patients or community nursing health preferred.

· Personal vehicle available for transportation during work.

· Valid driver’s license and insurance as required by the State of Texas.

· Must be able to read, write, and speak English at a level which will permit the employee to accurately understand and communicate information as needed to perform job duties safely and efficiently.

· Bilingual in the Spanish language preferred.

Requirements:

Duties and Responsibilities

· Performs emergency start of care if requested.

· Performs skilled evaluation of patients as needed following telephone triage.

· Instructs patient’s family and caregivers as appropriate to overcome identified knowledge deficits, documents in notes and home charts.

· Obtains physician orders and implements interventions and changes in treatment as appropriate.

· Initiates prescribed treatment and evaluates medication effectiveness within 24 hours.

· Makes visits at the time of death of patient to pronounce death.

· Performs follow-up telephone call on next day SOC if requested by staff.

· Provides appropriate documentation for emergency start of care visit within 24 hours of admission.

· Provides appropriate documentation of skilled nursing visits, changes in patient condition, caregiver status, or family dynamics and all patient related telephone calls within 24 hours of contact.

· Receives non-office hour phone calls from patients, families, and physicians.

· Provides leadership, supervision to personnel when assigned.

· Weekend on-call staff provides accurate care status report every Monday at Team Meeting

· Responds to calls in a timely manner.

Apply Today!

Please only apply if you meet minimum qualifications.

We are hiring for this position immediately.

Hospice El Paso provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, M/F/D/V; and is committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.