Registered Nurse On Call

SouthernCare • Terre Haute, IN

10h

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides after-hours hospice care, responding to patient needs during evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays. The RN delivers direct patient care and support, serves as the primary liaison among patients, families, physicians, and the hospice team, and works independently while coordinating continuity of care with the daytime team. The schedule is 7 days on and 7 days off, after-hours only.

The RN assesses patients, helps develop and implement physician-prescribed hospice plans of care, manages symptoms, educates patients and caregivers, and provides physical, psychosocial, educational, emotional, and spiritual support in coordination with the interdisciplinary group. Care may be provided in patients’ homes, facilities, or wherever they reside. The position also involves documentation, clinical-record review, staff scheduling oversight, supervisory visits, quality improvement participation, and use of the TeleMed mobile application throughout scheduled shifts. This is a safety-sensitive position.

Requirements

• Current RN license in the state of requested employment, or eligibility to obtain one.
• At least 1 year of nursing experience.
• Compassionate, calm, and dependable approach in urgent care situations.
• Excellent clinical judgment and ability to provide support in emotionally intense settings.
• Comfort providing care in patients’ homes, facilities, or wherever they reside.
• Valid driver’s license, automobile insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to maintain continuous access to the TeleMed mobile application on a cellular device and/or tablet during scheduled shifts.
• Must meet applicable minimum benefit eligibility requirements and state-specific requirements.

Nice To Haves

• At least 1 year of hospice, home health, oncology, or palliative care experience.
• Familiarity with symptom management, triage, and after-hours home-based care.
• Prior on-call or overnight nursing experience.
• Strong documentation and electronic medical record (EMR) skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care and support after normal business hours.
• Respond promptly to urgent calls, patient visits, and symptom-management needs.
• Assess patient and family needs and use clinical judgment to guide decisions and implement the plan of care.
• Perform initial and ongoing patient assessments.
• Help develop and implement the hospice plan of care with the physician and interdisciplinary group.
• Educate patients, families, and caregivers about care-plan needs, including medication administration, dressing changes, oxygen administration, hospice philosophy, and care of terminally ill patients.
• Coordinate physical, psychosocial, educational, emotional, and spiritual services, including bereavement support, with the interdisciplinary group.
• Serve as the primary liaison among the physician, patient, family, and hospice team, and maintain awareness of clinical issues, staffing, and scheduling concerns.
• Report changes in patient condition to the Attending Physician and Hospice Physician.
• Maintain contact with patients’ families or significant others to provide information, support, and continuity of care.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records, including interdisciplinary notes, plans of care, assessments, and other pertinent information.
• Maintain continuous access to the TeleMed mobile application on a cellular device and/or tablet during scheduled shifts for timely response, communication, and task completion.
• Review and follow up on assigned patient clinical records to ensure quality services, standards of practice, and compliance with policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• Practice infection-control measures and standard precautions.
• Conduct routine supervisory visits with other team members at least monthly.
• Monitor staff scheduling.
• Maintain knowledge of pain and symptom management in the dying process.
• Participate in the Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Program.
• May perform routine visits during normal business hours.
• Attend staff meetings, complete annual company training, promote company core values, and perform other assigned activities.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• National and local recognition programs.
• Teammate Assistance Fund.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible full-time associates.
• Mileage reimbursement or fleet vehicle program for eligible full-time associates.
• Generous paid time off and 7 paid holidays for eligible full-time associates.
• Wellness programs, including telemedicine, diabetes management, and joint and spine concierge care, for eligible full-time associates.
• Education support and tuition assistance, including ASN-to-BSN and BSN-to-MSN support, for eligible full-time associates.
• Free continuing education units (CEUs) for eligible full-time associates.
• Company-paid life and long-term disability insurance for eligible full-time associates.
• Voluntary pet, critical illness, accident, and long-term care benefits for eligible full-time associates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed