[Hiring] Travel Registered Nurse @St. Croix Hospice

Role Description

The Hospice Travel Nurse is a great opportunity for a licensed RN to work in any of our ten coverage states as an On-Call RN or RN-Case Manager. Assignments could be 2 weeks to 3 months with 1 week notice of location. St. Croix Hospice pays for all travel expenses, and the employee keeps all travel incentives (mileage/hotel points). Ideal candidates would live within one of St. Croix Hospice's ten states or a geographically connected state.

The Hospice Travel Nurse will fill in as directed by the Executive Director at locations in need of an RN to temporarily cover open positions. This RN will plan, organize and direct hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting, and one (1) to two (2) years of recent experience in home care preferred.
• Current RN licensure in home state or multi-state (SCH will assist with licensure for other states if needed) and CPR certification.
• Management experience not required. Responsible for supervising hospice aides.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing.
• Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment.
• Considerable reaching, stooping bending, kneeling and/or crouching.
• Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order.

Requirements

• Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs.
• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
• Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:
  • Writing and initiating plan of care.
  • Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs.
  • Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions.
• Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optimal comfort care.
• Acts as RN Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

Benefits

• The opportunity to work 1-1 with our patients, impacting their life and their families.
• Two medical plan choices.
• Dental, vision and life insurance benefits.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Customized Mental Health Support Program.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• 401k Retirement Plan with up to 4% employer matching.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Company-paid Basic Life Insurance, AD&D, Short Term and Long-Term Disability.