What are the responsibilities and job description for the Afterhours Hospice RN position at Elite Hospice?
Job Description
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Afterhours Registered Nurse to join our team at Elite Hospice. As an integral part of our hospice care services, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive and timely delivery of care to patients and their families after regular business hours.
Your primary focus will be on conducting initial nursing evaluations, determining eligibility for hospice services, and performing afterhours visits, including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
You will identify the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassess them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days. Documentation of problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care is essential.
Responsibilities
- Triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit
- Responds appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families afterhours
- Makes initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services
- Perform afterhours visits, including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits
Requirements
- One year of clinical experience
- Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one year of clinical experience
- Current CPR Certification
- Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation
