Registered Nurse - Hospice
University of TN Medical Center Home Care Services- Hospice
Knoxville, TN 37901
Posted 10 months ago
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Job Type(s)
Full Time
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Industry
Healthcare
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Job Description
RN - Weekends - Hospice
We are hiring for a Full Time Weekend RN in Hospice.
At University of Tennessee 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.
License Requirements
- Current RN licensure in state ofpractice
- Current CPRcertification
- Current Drivers License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or publictransportation
Additional State Requirements
- No other state specificrequirements.