Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice After Hours, Evenings & Weekends
About The Position
Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo is hiring Registered Nurses for its hospice After-Hours nursing team. These full-time opportunities provide care to patients in their homes and facility-based settings throughout the Buffalo area during evening, weekend, and on-call hours. The role supports patients and families with responsive, compassionate hospice and palliative care outside traditional daytime hours. Nurses work alongside an interdisciplinary clinical team to provide individualized care, comfort, and support while helping patients maintain dignity, independence, and quality of life. Available schedules include an evening position Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday from 2:00 PM to 12:00 AM, with no weekends and a holiday rotation; and a weekend position Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, plus one 8-hour weekday shift, with a holiday rotation. Care settings include private residences, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and group homes.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of New York.
- Valid driver's license and access to a vehicle for community travel.
- Ability to assess patient needs, respond to changes in condition, and coordinate care across home and facility-based settings.
Nice To Haves
- One year of professional nursing experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provide compassionate, individualized hospice and palliative nursing care during assigned evening, weekend, and on-call hours.
- Respond to patient and family needs in home care and facility-based settings.
- Perform comprehensive nursing assessments addressing physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, emotional, and spiritual needs.
- Assess and manage pain, symptoms, and changes in patient condition.
- Provide nursing interventions based on patient needs, physician orders, and established plans of care.
- Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care as needed.
- Educate and support patients, families, and caregivers regarding symptom management, medications, and hospice services.
- Demonstrate knowledge of hospice levels of care, including routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient care, and respite care.
- Collaborate with physicians, interdisciplinary team members, and facility staff to coordinate patient care.
- Provide shift-to-shift reporting and communicate important changes in patient condition.
- Maintain accurate and timely electronic medical records and clinical documentation.
- Follow clinical, patient safety, privacy, and infection-control standards.
- Travel to patient homes and healthcare facilities throughout the assigned service area.
Benefits
- Employer 401(k) contribution regardless of employee participation.
- Additional employer 401(k) matching contribution with employee participation.
- Health insurance with vision coverage for eligible full-time employees.
- High-deductible health plan option.
- HSA with twice-annual employer contributions for eligible employees.
- Dental insurance.
- Flexible Spending Account.
- Paid Time Off (PTO) and NYS Sick Leave.
- Tuition Assistance Program.
- Additional employee benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
