Hospice Resource RN - NOC Shift

Agrace • Wauwatosa, WI

8d • Onsite

About The Position

The Hospice Resource RN provides patient- and family-centered nursing care and case management for hospice patients. The role involves assessing and triaging patient needs, creating and updating plans of care, providing clinical interventions, communicating with patients, families, and care teams, and documenting care. The RN provides coverage for homecare teams when needs arise, such as staff vacancies, leave, or high census, in accordance with Agrace’s philosophy, standards, regulations, and policies.

This is a part-time, 0.7 FTE position (28 hours per week) on the NOC shift, with scheduled hours of 12:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. The role includes driving, an on-call rotation of one NOC shift per month, every-other-weekend rotations, and three holiday rotations per year. Resource RNs can expect to drive about 50 miles from home on average. A $10,000 sign-on bonus is offered.

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-related, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and educational needs.
• Collect information from patients, families, significant others, interdisciplinary team members, and other health care professionals.
• Identify, interpret, document, and report assessment findings, significant changes in condition, and unusual incidents to appropriate team members.
• 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, and pain management; evaluate their effectiveness and adjust as needed.
• Educate patients and families about pain and symptom management, end-of-life care, and related topics; evaluate and adjust education as needed.
• Create, implement, and revise individualized plans of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, patient, and family.
• Establish achievable outcomes and care priorities, and follow the plan of care.
• Document interventions, outcomes, and changes in patient 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.
• Provide coverage for homecare teams when staffing vacancies, leave, high census, or other needs arise.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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