Travel Resource RN

Agrace • Madison, WI

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Make a lasting impact with Agrace. Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are a skilled Clinical Role who values meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference! This position steps into temporary nursing assignments in both new hospice markets and our legacy territory.

Requirements

• ADN, required; BSN, preferred
• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing License in state of employment
• One-year nursing experience required
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Fulfill travel assignments as identified or based upon commitment/contract
• Ability to develop, maintain, and apply knowledge of hospice and end of life process
• Ability to maintain professional boundaries with patients, families, and co-workers
• Ability to create and follow plans of care, and patient, family, and clinical staff directions
• Basic Microsoft Office skills
• Intermediate electronic health records skills; Epic preferred
• Ability to work effectively and cooperatively with others
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing
• Ability to be flexible in time and task to meet organizational needs
• Ability to maintain confidentiality about patients, families, caregivers, staff, donors, and organizational intellectual property
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions

Nice To Haves

• Travel experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Evaluate Patient for Appropriate Agrace Hospice and Palliative programs
• Review medical records to identify hospice and palliative care services eligibility, physician orders, and to verify diagnosis.
• Identify if patient meets admission criteria in collaboration with primary care, specialty, and Agrace physicians.
• Collaborate with IDT and primary care provider to create HES for determination of hospice eligibility.
• Identify if patient meets admission criteria by assessing patient’s physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, fall, medication safety, and educational needs.
• Collect data from the patient, family, significant other and other health care professionals about immediate goals and needs.
• Serve as a consultant to patients and families about end-of-life issues and Agrace programs philosophies and services.
• Collaborate with manager regarding all patients deemed ineligible for hospice services.
• Serve as a resource and consultant for hospital/clinic staff, physicians, nurses, social workers, chaplains about pain, symptom management, end-of-life issues, hospice/palliative care philosophies and services.
• Serve as a consultant to patients and families about end-of-life issues and Agrace philosophies and services.
• Actively pursue relationships and develop partnerships with all referral sources to promote the benefits of Agrace services.
• Assess patients and family’s physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and educational needs as outlined by the plan of care (POC).
• Collect data from the patient, family, significant other or other members of the interdisciplinary team and other health care professionals.
• Identify, interpret, and document assessment data collected in the nursing interview, physical assessment, and other health data.
• Document and report significant changes in condition or unusual incidents to appropriate IDT member such as client abuse/neglect, suicidal intent, harmful coping mechanisms or violence, etc.
• Respond to patient and family needs or change in condition or need for acute patient intervention.
• Provide interventions, treatments, and pain management to patients and family to meet needs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of pain management or other intervention and adjust to meet needs.
• Provide patient and family education on pain, symptom management, end of life, etc.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of education and adjust to meet needs.
• Formulate, implement, and revise individualized POC in collaboration with Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), patient, and family.
• The POC includes goals, pain management, interventions, education, discharge plan, etc.
• Develop reasonable and achievable outcome measures and establish priorities in the planning and provision of care.
• Read, understand, and follow the plan of care.
• Document interventions, outcomes, and changes in patient condition in electronic health record (EHR).
• Delegate visits to appropriate disciplines and manage visit sets.
• Oversee work of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN).
• Participate in meetings to plan and evaluate patient/family services.
• Primary Preceptor with onboarding responsibility for new staff and students.
• Participates in education and outreach.
• Participate in RN on-call rotation based upon location.

Benefits

• Competitive pay with mileage reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees who are hired for 28+ hours per week (.7 FTE +)
• Retirement plans with employer matching
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday paid time off
• Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree