Rn On Call -Weekend Shift

Tapestry Hospice•Rome, GA

About The Position

Tapestry Hospice & Palliative Care is family owned and operated – not a big corporation. We have been serving North Georgia for over 16 years and continue to grow and reach new communities. We operate as a Care Family with each other and our patients. The promise to treat everyone like family flows over to the workplace where our patients are treated with dignity and compassion . We are looking for exceptional people to join our growing family. Do you want to feel appreciated and be part of a dedicated team that strives for compassion, comfort and peace for their patients and their families? Your work family includes doctors, nurses, on-call nurses, NP’s, triage nurses, admission nurses, LPN’s, social workers, CNA’s, chaplains, and volunteers, just to name a few...the only thing missing is YOU! Description: As a Registered Nurse On-Call (RNOC), your role would be to create, plan and direct the hospice care team utilizing nursing processes of assessment, interventions, implementation and evaluation. You will effectively interact with all members of the Interdisciplinary Team as well as with your patients and their loved ones while maintaining the highest standards of care and professional nursing clinical competency. A Registered Nurse On-Call provides holistic nursing care to terminally ill patients and their families after normal business hours. Provides appropriate support for families at time of death. Nursing care is based on the nursing process, consisting of patient assessments, diagnosis of key problems, patient education and evaluation of patient outcomes .

Requirements

Licensed Registered Nurse
Ability to work 12 hour shifts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday weekly
Excellent clinical assessment skills.
Ability to provide patient education and evaluate patient outcomes.
Time management skills.
Advanced knowledge of pain management & symptom control.

Nice To Haves

Hospice case management.
Critical Care, Surgery or Oncology experience

Responsibilities

Create, plan and direct the hospice care team utilizing nursing processes of assessment, interventions, implementation and evaluation.
Effectively interact with all members of the Interdisciplinary Team as well as with your patients and their loved ones while maintaining the highest standards of care and professional nursing clinical competency.
Provide holistic nursing care to terminally ill patients and their families after normal business hours.
Provide appropriate support for families at time of death.
Nursing care is based on the nursing process, consisting of patient assessments, diagnosis of key problems, patient education and evaluation of patient outcomes
Performs admission evaluations and pronouncements.
Conducts follow-up visits.