PRN Outpatient Hospice Nurse

Lower Cape Fear LifeCare • Wilmington, NC

1d • Remote

About The Position

Give your passion a purpose – join our amazing team! At Lower Cape Fear LifeCare, your passion finds purpose every day. As an award-winning nonprofit hospice and palliative care provider, we've been serving families across southeastern North Carolina and northeastern South Carolina for over 40 years—rooted in heart, service, and community. We're proud to rank in the top 94% of healthcare providers nationwide in the Press Ganey employee satisfaction survey. Come see what makes Lower Cape Fear LifeCare a truly special place to grow.

Requirements

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing, either through an AD, Diploma or BSN program.
• Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of South Carolina.
• Two years experience.
• Hand/eye coordination to give injections, use computer, etc.
• Ability to speak clearly to communicate with patients, families, physicians and staff regarding patient’s condition and care.
• Must be able to communicate and be literate in the English language.
• Ability to develop positive interaction with patients, families, physicians, and staff to effectively care for the patients.
• Ability to lift and/or maneuver objects weighing at least 45 pounds or less in the assessment and implementation of patient care.
• Requires pushing, moving, lifting of patients.
• Must be able to assess a patient’s condition, formulate a Plan of Care, implement appropriate interventions to meet patient/family outcomes.
• Requires higher level of mental faculties accompanied by short and long-term memory.
• Must be able to assess patients and to utilize sight to implement and evaluate Plan of Care.
• Utilize hearing to auscultate lung sounds, bowel sounds and effectively communicate with patients, families, physicians, and staff.
• Frequent exposure to blood and body fluids, infectious diseases, needle puncture wounds.
• May be exposed to dangerous animals and traffic hazards while home visiting.
• May encounter patients and other situations that present a potential threat to personal safety.
• May encounter temperature changes and weather extremes.
• Will be required to drive.
• Must have reliable transportation.
• Will be subject to the Safe Driver Policy.

Nice To Haves

• Home Care or Hospice or related oncology experience.

Responsibilities

• Visits typically take 45 minutes to 1 hour, but if there is active symptom management, visits may take longer to ensure comfort.
• You’ll see your patients wherever they consider home (personal residence, assisted living facilities, skilled nursing facilities). We provide quality care regardless of circumstance to a variety of different socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.
• You’ll need to be comfortable training the caregivers to care for their loved one. This might include things like demonstrating wound care, how to administer medications, how to provide personal care, and what to expect at end-of-life.
• Expect to spend extended time periods in your car, driving between patients, documenting, and coordinating care. You’ll use your own personal vehicle, and mileage driven between patient visits is reimbursable.
• Coordination of care between your patient’s community medical provider, hospice provider, and other disciplines to provide updates, obtain new orders, takes place in between visits.
• Patients are assigned by your director based on your team’s needs – determined by acuity, geography, and many other factors.
• Real-time documentation in patient’s home; medications and supplies are ordered online.
• Self-scheduling based on patient’s needs and acuity, but you’ll also need flexibility to assist your team making visits as needed to provide excellent patient care.
• You will be part of an Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) consisting of a physician, nurse practitioner, registered nurse, medical social worker, chaplain, and a CNA. Volunteers are also available to assist in patient’s needs. The team meets every two weeks to discuss patient eligibility.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance begin the first of the month after 30 days.
• Free employee-only health plan option.
• Virtual doctor visits and mental health support at no cost.
• Full-time employees start with 27 days of PTO in their first year—plus it rolls over and increases with tenure.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.
• Up to $5,000 per year in tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree