On-Call RN or LPN, PRN

At Stillwater Hospice, we foster and support growth, teamwork, and a healthy work-life balance among all staff.

We offer competitive wages and benefits in our team-forward, positive care environment. We look forward to talking to you today about joining our team!

In this role, you will care for patients in all 13 of our service
counties.

You will work
As Needed, On Call *
This position might require holiday and weekend shifts.

Hospice Experience Is preferred.

T
his is an as-needed (PRN) Non-Benefited
position.

We pride ourselves on promoting an Excellent Work/Life Balance and Excellent Employee Benefits.

• 403b Retirement Plan for all employees with no cost access to a Financial Advisor and a strong Company Match for full-time employees.
• Shift Incentive Pay, Performance Incentives, & Mileage Reimbursement.
• Company-provided Uniform allowance.
• A Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for Employees & Family household members.
• New hire referral finder's Bonus.
• Free employee access to the services and programs at the Peggy
  
  F. Murphy Community Grief Center.
• A newly remodeled, modern Inpatient Unit.
• Newly built Staff Respite Room in the Hospice Home IPU.
• Multiple employee engagement events are held annually:
  Wellness/Health Events, Quarterly Employee Benefit Fairs, Organization picnics, and Organization holiday events.
• A strong commitment to promoting and advancing employees from within the organization.
• The campus is connected to the Fort Wayne Trails system.
• Discounts at the YMCA (multiple included, not just Allen County).

POSITION TITLE: ON CALL RN

FLAS STATUS: EXEMPT

REPORTS TO:

Clinical Team Leader
- Support Programs

POSITION OBJECTIVE:

• Provision of nursing care while on call for patients by assessing needs, making appropriate revisions, and evaluating care outcomes.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
• Must have a current RN license to practice in Indiana.
• Must hold current CPR Certification or obtain it within the orientation period.
• Prefer one (1) year of recent hospital or home health care experience.
• Must be able to provide those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
• Must be able to safely perform the job's essential functions without posing a direct threat to the health and/or safety of him/her or others in the workplace.
• Must be comfortable working with hospice patients, emphasizing palliative care.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Must have an Indiana motor vehicle operator’s license and have access to an automobile.
• with current automobile insurance coverage.
• Must be able to drive independently to all patient/family homes.
• Assist with in-servicing the community on the hospice philosophy as needed/requested.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Must be capable of functioning independently in the patient’s setting.
• Ability to recognize the needs and emergencies of hospice and palliative care patients and provide appropriate interventions.
• Implements Agency policies in all work-related situations; orientation of pt/family to hospice benefit services, including:
• Identifying the role of team members.
• Documents findings accurately and in a timely manner in the electronic medical record and on appropriate forms according to Agency procedures.
• Makes the initial assessment evaluation visit and identifies patient health problems by assessing environmental, psychosocial, spiritual, physiological, and health behavior systems.
• Ensures proper initiation of the interdisciplinary plan-of-care, coordinating revisions, and evaluating outcomes.
• Delivers nursing care to patients, which includes teaching, providing direct care, case management, referral, advocacy, monitoring pain and symptom management, and initiating appropriate interventions.
• Supervises clinically the care…