What are the responsibilities and job description for the Full Time Long Weekend Nurse with $5000 Sign-On Bonus position at Good Shepherd Community Care?
Job Details
Full-Time Weekend Nurse 36 hours (Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays from 9 am to 9 pm)
Recently named by The Boston Globe as one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts, our community-based, mission-driven hospice and palliative care organization seeks a Weekend Nurse to join its expanding On-Call team. Travel to provide care in patients private homes and residential facilities throughout Greater Boston and parts of Metrowest. The ideal candidate is well-organized and enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced environment. This position is eligible for a $5000 sign-on Bonus.
Job Description:
The Weekend Nurse is an integral part of an interdisciplinary hospice team responsible for caring for patients at the end of life. Makes home and hospital visits, provides information sessions, evaluates new patients, facilitates admissions to hospice services, and coordinates care planning. Employs triage and assessment skills to titrate medications and manage symptoms appropriately and provides education to patients and families about terminal diseases and end-of-life processes. Communicates with an interdisciplinary hospice team about changes in patients' needs, and outcomes of interventions. The position includes weekend hours and at least one weekday - Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, from 9 am to 9 pm (36 hours/week).
Education, Skills and Experience:
- Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in Massachusetts or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Bachelors preferred
- 2 years of nursing experience and at least 1 year of hospice or equivalent nursing experience
- Sensitivity to and knowledge about end-of-life issues
- Comfortable working with socioculturally diverse patients/families
- Demonstrates ability to manage pain and control symptoms
- Demonstrates flexibility and multitasking abilities
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Exceptional communication skills
- Adaptable to frequently changing patient needs
- Adaptable to technology
As long you have the relevant licensure/certifications, we encourage all interested and qualified candidates to apply.
Good Shepherd Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Four weeks paid time off in first year
- 12 paid holidays
- Health and dental insurance, coverage begins as of your start date
- Life insurance
- 403(b) with company match
- Flexible Spending Account
- Short and Long Term Disability
- Employee Assistance Program
- Partnership with Regis College for reduced tuition rates
Industry:
Healthcare
Employment Type:
Full Time
Job Functions:
Healthcare Provider
About Us:
Good Shepherd Community Care is one of the most trusted health care organizations in Greater Boston focusing on hospice and palliative care. Founded as Hospice of the Good Shepherd in 1978, we are the original Massachusetts hospice. After decades of caring for our community, we continue to remain an independent, not-for-profit, non-sectarian organization. We believe in the importance of mutual respect and acceptance and values diversity in our patients, families and caregivers, employees, volunteers, community, and partner organizations. We are committed to these values and honor the dignity of each individual through the care, support and education we provide. Our team members benefit from a collaborative work environment in a welcoming office, easily accessible to I-95, with on-site parking in Newton.