RN - Weekends - Hospice

Registered Nurse - Hospice

University of TN Medical Center Home Care Services- Hospice

Knoxville, TN 37901

Posted 10 months ago

  • Job Type(s)

    Full Time
  • Industry

    Healthcare
  • 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.