So, you like working with a creative, dynamic team and making a difference? Sometimes the grass is greener!

The mission of First Call Hospice, a locally owned agency founded in 1993, is to provide individualized quality hospice care to meet the unique needs of patients with a limited life expectancy. The primary goal of First Call Hospice is to enhance the quality of life when the quantity of life is limited.

When you join First Call Hospice Team, we will

• Offer an extensive orientation, tailored to your needs
• Pay 100% of full time Employee Medical Benefits, and offer a number of different benefits including dental, vision, and life insurance
• Have 401K available to all full-time employees with profit sharing

First Call Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY

The Registered Nurse (RN) plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

• Complete an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs
• Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)
• Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process
• Assess and evaluates patient’s status
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
• Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care
• Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing
• Provide health care instructions to the patient per assessment and plan
• Assist the patient with the activities of daily living
• Facilitate the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care
• Act as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Active CA RN License
• Hospice experience preferred
• Ability for prolonged or considerable walking or standing
• Ability to lift, position, and/or transfer patients
• Ability to lift supplies and equipment.
• Ability for considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
• Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills
• Maintains a current CPR certification

Covid-19 Vaccine Required. Agency will consider accommodations for disability- and religious-based reasons

Why First Call?

First Call Hospice is part of the Cornerstone Group with close to 80 agencies throughout the country. While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team. We understand we are nothing without great employees! It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve. Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best agency in the Greater Sacramento Area!

What makes us unique besides our culture of high performers and exceptional care? At First Call, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind:

• Celebration
• Accountability
• Passion for Learning
• Love One Another
• Intelligent Risk Taking
• Customer Second
• Ownership

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Hospice & Palliative Medicine

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday

License/Certification:

• RN License (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• El Dorado Hills, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: On the road