Hospice Resource RN - PM Shift (Milwaukee/Waukesha Areas)

Agrace • Watertown, WI

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About The Position

Agrace is hiring a Hospice Resource RN to provide patient- and family-centered hospice and palliative nursing care in the Milwaukee/Waukesha areas. The position is part-time at 0.7 FTE (28 hours per week), working a PM shift on weekdays from 4:00 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Resource RNs provide coverage for homecare teams when needs arise, such as vacancies, FMLA, or high census. On average, resource RNs can expect to drive around 50 miles from home. The schedule includes an on-call rotation with one overnight shift per month, every-other-weekend rotations, and three holidays per year. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered.

The RN is responsible for patient and family satisfaction through nursing care and case management. This includes assessing needs, responding to changes in condition, triaging needs, creating and updating plans of care, providing interventions and education, communicating with the care team, and documenting care. The RN works in accordance with Agrace’s philosophy, goals, standards, regulations, and policies.

Requirements

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing license in the state of employment.
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle.
• At least 18 years of age.
• Basic Microsoft Office skills.
• Intermediate electronic health records skills.
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions.

Nice To Haves

• One year of nursing experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ and families’ physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and educational needs in accordance with the plan of care.
• Collect, interpret, document, and report assessment information, including significant changes in condition and unusual incidents.
• Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team and primary care provider to create HES for hospice eligibility determination.
• Respond to patient and family needs, changes in condition, and requests for acute intervention.
• Provide treatments, interventions, pain management, and education on pain, symptom management, and end of life; evaluate effectiveness and adjust as needed.
• Formulate, implement, and revise individualized plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, patient, and family.
• Establish care priorities and reasonable, achievable outcome measures.
• Read, understand, and follow plans of care, and document interventions, outcomes, and changes in condition in the electronic health record.
• Delegate visits to appropriate disciplines and manage visit sets.
• Oversee the work of Certified Nursing Assistants and Licensed Practical Nurses.
• Participate in meetings to plan and evaluate patient and family services.
• Precept new staff and students.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with mileage reimbursement.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees hired for 28 or more hours per week (0.7 FTE or greater).
• Retirement plans with employer matching.
• Generous paid time off and holiday paid time off.
• Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development.
• $10,000 sign-on bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed