Full Time Long Weekend Nurse with $5000 Sign-On Bonus

Good Shepherd Community Care•Newton, MA

2d•$84,000 - $104,000

About The Position

Named by the Boston Globe as one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts for the last four years, our community-based, mission-driven hospice and palliative care organization seeks a Registered Nurse to join its expanding On-Call team. Travel to provide care in patients' private homes and residential facilities throughout Greater Boston and parts of MetroWest. The ideal candidate is well-organized and enthusiastic about working in a fast-paced environment. This position is eligible for a $5000 sign-on Bonus.

Requirements

Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in Massachusetts
2 years of nursing experience and at least 1 year of hospice or equivalent nursing experience
Sensitivity to and knowledge about end-of-life issues
Comfortable working with socioculturally diverse patients/families
Demonstrates ability to manage pain and control symptoms
Demonstrates flexibility and multitasking abilities
Excellent organizational and time management skills
Exceptional communication skills
Adaptable to frequently changing patient needs
Adaptable to technology

Responsibilities

The Weekend Nurse is an integral part of an interdisciplinary hospice team responsible for caring for patients at the end of life.
Makes home and hospital visits, provides information sessions, evaluates new patients, facilitates admissions to hospice services, and coordinates care planning.
Employs triage and assessment skills to titrate medications and manage symptoms appropriately and provides education to patients and families about terminal diseases and end-of-life processes.
Communicates with an interdisciplinary hospice team about changes in patients' needs and outcomes of interventions.