Travel Registered Nurse

Moments Hospice•Illinois, IL

6d•$105,000 - $115,000•Remote

About The Position

This position requires 100% full-time travel across the country helping open new locations. Travel nurses can be gone for 8+ weeks at a time. This position requires hospice experience. Our commitment to personal and professional growth includes employee-sponsored health benefits, opportunities for clinical advancement, and investments in educational development. We offer a rewarding work environment with clear expectations and reasonable caseloads. On-call support is available for our case managers, ensuring you always have the help you need.

Requirements

Current and unencumbered license to practice as a Registered Nurse specific to that state the employee is assigned to work by the company.
Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) documents the following: The mutual recognition model of nurse licensure allows a nurse to have one license (in his or her state of residency) and to practice in other states (both physical and electronic), subject to each state's practice law and regulation. Nurses must legally reside in a NLC state to be eligible to have a multi-state license.
Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a registered nurse in hospice or home health.
Current CPR certification.
Able to assess patient status and identify requirements relative to age specific needs.
Able to travel 100% of the time throughout the company by plane, train, or automobile.

Responsibilities

Manages the overall care of assigned patients by coordinating and providing nursing assessments, planning, and care to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families in accordance with the interdisciplinary plan of care.
Assesses, utilizes critical thinking, and delivers care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, interventions, implementation, and evaluation.
Effectively interacts with patients, significant others, and interdisciplinary team members while maintaining standards of professional nursing and clinical competency.
Extensively travels throughout the company on a regular basis to provide patient care to agencies in need of permanent staff or training.
Demonstrates competency in skills required by the agency for patient care. Has received specialty program education and has completed satisfactory competency.
Communicates significant findings, problems, changes in condition or environment to the clinical manager/physician and other members of the health care team.
Performs initial nursing assessment on new admissions and completed initial plan of care.
Coordinates the total Plan of Care and maintains continuity of patient care by liaising with appropriate staff.
Revises plan of care as needed.
Completes updated Plan of Care according to state regulation and communicates changes to attending physician, hospice staff, and contractors providing patient care.
Initiates appropriate palliative nursing procedures.
Administers medications and treatments as written in the patient's plan of care.
Makes referrals to other disciplines as indicated by the patients' needs or documents rationale for not doing so.
Utilizes a combination of agency resources and rationally recognizes standards of practice to achieve positive clinical outcomes.
Participates in nursing service evaluations, follow up and agency performance improvement initiatives, and period quality assurance reviews.
Initiates, plans, and provides staff education and performs competency and skills validation for staff as needed.
Trains and orients new nurses to policies, processes, and procedures.
Assists in assigning Hospice Assistants to individual patients.
Actively participates in team/care conferences.
Supports the marketing team by providing clinical stability.
Protects, honors and respects patient and co-worker confidentiality and right to privacy.
Adheres to agency and company policies and procedures.
Maintains agency property, supplies and equipment per Moments Hospice policy.
Teaches patient families or caregivers appropriate patient care techniques.
Keeps abreast of nursing trends and knowledge.
Attends agency provided in-service programs to fulfill requirements of the position and agency policy.
Travels extensively throughout the company on a regular basis to provide patient care to agencies in need of permanent staff.
Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor.