RN, Nights and Weekends

Chapters Health System•Auburndale, FL

7d•$67,977 - $106,213

About The Position

The RN, Nights and Weekends provides after-hours field visits to patients, families, and community partners, and establishes and maintains positive relationships with team members, patients and families, and referral resources. The nurse provides care across assigned affiliate territories in patients’ homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, and hospitals, and works as part of the Interdisciplinary Group (IDG) to support quality, continuous, compassionate patient and family care. The role includes assessing patients and families, identifying immediate needs, providing and managing direct care, coordinating with other professionals, educating patients and caregivers, reporting changes in condition, and completing timely documentation. The nurse may also attend patient deaths, prepare bodies for transport, oversee medication disposal, and provide bereavement support. Some locations may require clinical admissions and referral-related duties, including obtaining consents, completing assessments, initiating plans of care, coordinating safe discharges, and working with facilities and referral partners. The position may require reporting to a company-designated location during emergencies, including ahead of scheduled work or overnight, to maintain continuity of services. Compensation pay range: $67,976.53–$106,213.33. The position requires consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer and ongoing compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy. Employees performing services for Florida affiliates are subject to background-screening eligibility verification after a conditional offer and ongoing eligibility checks.

Requirements

Current RN license in the state where the employee will work.
At least one year of nursing experience.
Previous experience using an EMR/EHR system.
Ability to communicate effectively in English, verbally and in writing.
Valid driver’s license and automobile insurance in accordance with company policy.
Reliable transportation to meet patients’ needs.
Excellent critical decision-making, problem-solving, clinical assessment, and time-management skills.
Ability to prioritize demands to meet patient service standards and deadlines.
Ability to handle stressful situations professionally and calmly while providing exceptional customer service.
Strong patient service, information-seeking, probing, listening, understanding, response, and accurate knowledge-transfer skills.
Ability to navigate a fast-paced environment and use interpersonal skills during patient visits.
Ability to work cooperatively in a team environment and exhibit urgency in daily work activities.
Computer skills, including proficiency with MS Office, online research, data entry, and computer navigation.
Availability to work scheduled shifts that accommodate extended operating hours.
Ability to perform sedentary work with frequent interruptions.
Ability to manage the emotional stress of caring for terminally ill patients and their families.
Ability to perform essential job functions and physical requirements, including lifting patients and/or equipment, bending, pushing/pulling, and kneeling, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Active BLS certification for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association or Red Cross.
Consent to drug and/or alcohol testing after a conditional offer and ongoing compliance with the Drug-Free Workplace Policy.
For employees performing services for Florida affiliates, eligibility for required background screening and continued eligibility.

Nice To Haves

Hospice or hospital nursing experience.
Bilingual Spanish language skills.

Responsibilities

Make after-hours visits to patients in homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, or hospitals within assigned affiliate territories and provide compassionate customer service.
Assess patients and families by phone and/or during visits, identify immediate needs, and provide appropriate nursing interventions.
Provide and manage direct care as part of the Interdisciplinary Group, incorporating psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, physical, and biological considerations and arranging appropriate follow-up.
Apply clinical skills in case management, company policies and procedures, physical assessment, intravenous therapies, pain medication titration, symptom management, and patient/family relationships.
Prioritize care, consult, refer, and collaborate with other professionals to promote quality and continuity of patient and family care.
Educate patients, families, caregivers, and other health professionals about disease process and decline, palliative interventions, caregiving, the dying process, and safety practices.
Report changes in patient condition to appropriate IDG members or other health professionals.
Attend patient deaths, prepare bodies for transport, oversee medication disposal, and provide bereavement support.
Complete documentation in accordance with policy and procedure.
During emergencies, report to a company-designated location as required to ensure continuity of services, potentially ahead of scheduled work or for overnight stays.
At some locations, complete clinical admissions for company services, explain services and admission requirements, address concerns and barriers, obtain informed consents, complete initial assessments, provide information to physicians, initiate plans of care, and obtain physician orders.
At some locations, act as the company representative at assigned facilities, facilitate referrals, coordinate with Admissions, provide clinical communications using SBAR, obtain referral medical records, arrange eligible patients’ safe discharge, and build relationships with facility case managers and physicians.
At some locations, work with Professional Relations Representatives to educate facilities about available services and provide care and documentation for hospital GIP patients.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Represent the company professionally and comply with applicable regulations, company policies, health, safety, security, and confidentiality practices.
Use resources responsibly; participate in community and professional organizations, performance improvement, quality assessment, research and educational activities; develop professional knowledge and electronic media skills; and share expertise with coworkers.