Weekend On-Call Registered Nurse Hospice Job at Commonwealth Hospice, Danville, VA

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  • Commonwealth Hospice
  • Danville, VA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

We are hiring for a Weekend Registered Nurse in Hospice. 

  • This is a Full Time Salaried position. 
  • On-call schedule is Friday 4:30PM to Monday 8AM. 
  • Position will include scheduled visits/admits Saturday & Sunday if warranted. 
  • Hospice experience required.

At Commonwealth Hospice, in Danville, VA  a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.

 

As a Weekend Registered Nurse in hospice , you can expect:

  • the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert. 
  • Being valued and respected by patients and their families.
  • employee-focused wellness and support programs 
  • incredible team support and empathetic leadership

Take your nursing career to a new level of caring. Join us. 

The  Weekend Registered Nurse in hospice is responsible for conducting comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for patients and their families after regular business hours, including at night and on the weekends. 

  • Able to triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit.
  • Responds appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families afterhours.
  • Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services, as part of a patient visit, within forty-eight (48) hours of referral if assigned.
  • Competent to perform afterhours visits including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
  • Identifies the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassess them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
  • Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

Experience Requirements

  • One year of clinical experience.

License Requirements

  • Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one year of clinical experience.
  • Current CPR Certification.
  • Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.

Additional State Specific Requirements

  • VA: Experience with terminally ill required.
PandoLogic. Keywords: Registered Nurse (RN), Location: Danville, VA - 24540 , PL: 601189932

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