Afterhours Registered Nurse - Hospice

LHC Group • Brookhaven, MS

8h

About The Position

We are hiring for an After-Hours Registered Nurse. At Deaconess Hospice in Brookhaven, MS, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here. As an After- Hours Hospice RN , you can expect: the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert. being valued and respected by patients and their families. employee-focused wellness and support programs incredible team support and empathetic leadership Take your nursing career to a new level of caring. Join us.

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.
• MS: At least one year full-time experience as an RN. However, three (3) years full-time clinical experience in a healthcare setting as an LPN may be substituted for the one year full time experience as an RN.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for patients and their families after regular business hours, including at night and on the weekends.
• Able to 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 the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services, as part of a patient visit, within forty-eight (48) hours of referral if assigned.
• Competent to perform afterhours visits including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
• Identifies the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassess them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees