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Part Time On Call Hospice RN - Weekends

Capstone Hospice, LLC
Acworth, USA
Part-time
Entry · 2+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 3 weeks ago
electronic health record documentation systems

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Candidate must meet the following requirements to be considered

  • Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
  • Currently a Georgia licensed Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Minimum of 2 years of recent bedside nursing experience (Med-Surg, ICU or CCU preferred)
  • Hospice experience a plus, minimum of 1 year continuous work experience
  • Current valid driver's license. auto liability insurance and your own reliable transportation.

To be successful in this role, candidates should possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities

  • Strong clinical assessment and critical-thinking skills
  • Knowledge of hospice philosophy, symptom management, and end-of-life care principles.
  • Ability to manage urgent situations calmly and effectively.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Acceptance and adaptability to different social, racial, cultural and religious modes
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
  • Experience or comfortable with pronouncing patient death
  • Proficiency with electronic health record documentation systems.

Essential responsibilities of the role

  • Respond to weekend patient calls, assessing medical needs and determining appropriate interventions.
  • Provide skilled nursing visits to hospice patients in homes, assisted living facilities, nursing facilities and other care settings as needed.
  • Assess patient condition and identify changes requiring intervention or physician notification.
  • Providing advice on symptom management using pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures.
  • Answering any questions and providing education regarding patient's condition and placing courtesy calls to follow up on patients post intervention.
  • Expectations of assisting medication orders, DME and faxing documents/orders as needed.
  • Develops and re-evaluates the patient/family care plan to meet their needs and maintain continuity of care.
  • Documents visits in electronic medical record system
  • Participate in post admission, deaths and continuous care visits as assigned.
  • Support bereaved families and caregivers during crisis situations and at the time of death.
  • Performs specific nursing procedures as needed (e.g., treatments, management of symptoms) following doctor's orders.
  • Participates in hand-off communication with weekday clinical staff to ensure continuity of care.
  • Follows the policies and procedures of Hospice. Observes confidentiality and safeguards all patient-related information in compliance with the HIPAA regulations.
  • Complies with infection control policies and protocols.
  • Position Factors:
  • Physical Requirements:
  • Requires considerable physical effort when in-person visits do occur, including, kneeling, squatting, reaching, twisting, climbing, walking, exposure and humidity changes and maximal assist in lifting and/or transferring of a 100-pound patient.
  • Must possess sight/hearing senses or use appropriate adaptive devices that will enable senses to function at a level required to meet the essential duties of the position.
  • Mental Requirements:
  • Must be able to work independently, make judgements based on assessments and data available and act accordingly.
  • Must be flexible, innovative, and possess good interpersonal skills.
  • Must be able to cope with mental and emotional stress and demonstrate emotional stability.
  • Working Conditions:
  • Be able to tolerate exposure to elements including, but not limited to, odors, blood, body fluids, excrements, adverse environmental conditions and hazardous materials.
  • This position is a part-time and not eligible for Capstone Hospice Health & Wellness benefits.
  • Part-time employees are eligible to participate in the Capstone Hospice 401(k) Retirement plan to include employer matching.

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