What are the responsibilities and job description for the RN - After hours Home program position at Hospice Care Plus?
Our nurses work in a rewarding, safe environment with great flexibility, autonomy, and support.
Summary of Job Responsibilities:
This position will provide nursing care to patients in our Hospice Care Home Program. The Adjunct RN/On-call position will work in conjunction with the Hospice Home Care Team to ensure that our patients and families have continued access to compassionate and supportive care. The Adjunct will provide teaching and education to the patient and families, offer support and carryout the plan of care to meet identified patients' needs.
Adjunct Full-time RN/On-call positions starts their shift from home and is a mix of triaging patient calls and seeing patients. They provide on-call services weeknights and weekends .
Schedule:
- FT Available - Monday – Thursday 5 p.m. - 8:30 a.m.
- FT Available - Friday 5pm - Monday 8:30am
Position Qualifications:
- Current license by the state of Kentucky as a registered nurse
- Nursing experience of one year required, with two years preferred
- CPR certification
- Experience in pain and symptom control management preferred
- Experience caring for terminally ill patients preferred
- Ability to function as a team member and to communicate effectively with individuals and groups
- Excellent interpersonal skills to establish a supportive, therapeutic alliance with the patient and family, physician, community, and members of the interdisciplinary team
- Current Kentucky driver’s license and unlimited access to a reliable automobile with appropriate insurance
- All employees must have the ability to lift and/or move a minimum of 40 pounds using proper body mechanics and safety measures. Individual job responsibilities may require lifting more than 40 pounds on occasion.
- Employees are regularly required to see, talk, and hear; frequently required to sit, stand, walk, and use hands; and to handle, finger, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
About Us
Hospice Care Plus has received multiple awards for high rates of patient and family satisfaction, the most recent of which is the 2023 Hospice Honors Award. A non-profit, community-based hospice, we serve six counties in central and eastern Kentucky. We pride ourselves on compassionate, expert care, honoring the life, dignity, and autonomy of our patients, with a focus on making each day the best it can be. We were founded in 1981 by the community and continue to enjoy the support of the communities we serve through financial gifts and the time and talents of our volunteers.
To meet the needs of our communities, we offer these programs:
- Hospice Home Care: hospice care provided in the home, nursing facility, or assisted living facility
- Compassionate Care Center: inpatient hospice care at our six-bed, freestanding facility
- Bereavement Outreach: grief support for families of those we care for as well as services for the community at large
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Travel reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Experience:
- RN: 1 year (Required)
License/Certification:
- RN License (Required)
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: On the road