What are the responsibilities and job description for the On-Call Registered Nurse position at Moments Hospice?
Moments Hospice is growing!!! We are currently looking for compassionate RN's to join our Team in a On-Call capacity. We have a Triage Team, so on call would only entail times that we need to send a RN out to see Patients/Families.
As a Hospice Registered Nurse, you will:
- Provide skilled professional nursing care to patient/family/caregivers
- Oversee and provide primary care, including all clinical care, palliative care, and symptom control and identify other physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs for assigned patients.
- Regularly assess the patient for nursing needs.
- Implement the Plan of Care Provisions to meet their needs, initiate appropriate intervention and support for the patient and family upon admission and re-evaluate the patient's nursing needs to provide appropriate, comprehensive and responsive care plan interventions.
- Work closely with other members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure all patient and family care needs are being met.
- Work in collaboration with the Patient Care Manager and the Interdisciplinary Team in the planning, implementation and evaluation of medical and nursing care.
Qualifications
- Current and unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure.
- Bachelor's degree and C.H.P.N. (Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse) certification preferred
- Minimum of 1 year general nursing preferred with current Hospice, home health, medical, surgical or critical care experience
- Experience with pain and symptom management interventions
- Ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting
- Understanding of Hospice philosophy, principles of death/dying