Afterhours RN - Hospice

LHC Group • Aiken, SC

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About The Position

We are hiring for an After-Hours Registered Nurse with a $3,500 retention bonus!! At Trinity Hospice in Aiken, SC, 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, and incredible team support and empathetic leadership. Take your nursing career to a new level of caring. Join us.

Requirements

• Current RN licensure in the state of practice.
• One year of clinical experience.
• Current CPR Certification.
• Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.

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.
• Triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit.
• Respond appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families afterhours.
• Make 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.
• Perform afterhours visits including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
• Identify the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassess them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Document problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Ambulatory Health Care Services
• Education Level: No Education Listed