Weekend RN - Hospice

Weekend RN - Hospice

We are hiring for an After Hours Weekend Registered Nurse in Hospice. Hours are Friday at 4:30pm-Monday at 8:00am.

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

As a Hospice RN, 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.

• 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 reassesses 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

• TN: No additional state specific requirements.