What are the responsibilities and job description for the Per Diem Weekend Nurse position at Good Shepherd Community Care?
Per Diem Weekend Nurse
Named by The Boston Globe as one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts for the last three years, our community-based, mission-driven hospice and palliative care organization seeks a Per Diem Weekend Nurse to join its expanding On-Call team. The position includes weekend availability. Travel is required for this position. Care is provided in patient’s 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.
Job Description
The Per Diem 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 disease and end-of-life process. Communicates with an interdisciplinary hospice team about changes in patients’ needs, and outcomes of interventions.
Education, Skills and Experience:
- Licensed Registered Nurse in the State of Massachusetts, Bachelors preferred
- 2 years of nursing experience and at least 1 year of hospice or equivalent nursing experience
- Sensitivity to and knowledgeable 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
- Proficient with electronic documentation
- Comfortable using mobile technologies
Good Shepherd Benefits
- Competitive rate
- Earned Sick Time
- 403(b) with company match eligibility
- Employee Assistance Program
- Partnership with Regis College for reduced tuition rates
Pay Range:
Per visit rates
Industry:
Healthcare
Employment Type:
Per Diem - variable hours based on employer needs
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 value 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.
Good Shepherd Community Care does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex stereotyping, marital status, pregnancy, religion or age in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs, services and activities.