Part Time On Call Hospice RN - Weekends

Description

Capstone Hospice is a locally owned hospice care provider. For the past 10 years we have maintained a strong reputation for compassionate, patient-centered end-of-life care. Our focus is to prioritizes quality care, integrity, and a mission-driven approach.

With our unique approach, Capstone Hospice stands out from national hospice providers through deep community involvement, a faith-driven approach, and unwavering commitment to personalized, high-touch patient care. We build lasting relationships with referral sources and have earned a reputation for rapid responsiveness and superior patient outcomes.

What sets Capstone apart from other hospice companies?

We integrate faith-based values into every aspect of patient care, treating dignity, compassion, and emotional support as essential elements of our work. As a locally owned hospice, we maintain the flexibility to make patient-first decisions without corporate constraints. We take pride in consistently receiving high patient satisfaction scores and fostering a work culture where every nurse is valued and supported.

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Capstone Hospice is seeking an empathetic and responsive On Call RN to join the dedicated on-call team. This position provides skilled nursing care, assessment, support, and crisis intervention for hospice patients during the weekend hours. This role is responsible for responding to patient and family needs, coordinating care, managing symptoms and providing education and emotional support to patients facing a terminal illness.

The On-Call RN works collaboratively with the IDG team to ensure high-quality, compassionate end-of-life care while promoting patient comfort, dignity, and quality of life.

As the On Call RN you will work every weekend, Saturday & Sunday from 8:00am-8:00pm. Candidates should live within a reasonable commute of Northwest Georgia to include the counties of N. Cobb, Cherokee and Bartow counties (Acworth & Canton). This position is paid hourly, non-exempt, eligible for overtime.

The ideal candidate for this role is one who has a passion for hospice care, is empathetic, warm and compassionate. In addition to being a great listener, must be a strong communicator and have the sense to know when to ask more or less questions and be respectful and professional in their demeanor. This position requires someone that can demonstrate and exercise independent and sound judgment to assist patients with complex and diverse issues effectively and efficiently.

Candidate must meet the following requirements to be considered:

• Graduate from an accredited school of nursing.
• Currently a Georgia licensed Registered Nurse (RN)
• Minimum of 2 years of recent bedside nursing experience (Med-Surg, ICU or CCU preferred)
• Hospice experience a plus, minimum of 1 year continuous work experience
• Current valid driver's license. auto liability insurance and your own reliable transportation.

• Strong clinical assessment and critical-thinking skills
• Knowledge of hospice philosophy, symptom management, and end-of-life care principles.
• Ability to manage urgent situations calmly and effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Acceptance and adaptability to different social, racial, cultural and religious modes
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Experience or comfortable with pronouncing patient death
• Proficiency with electronic health record documentation systems.

• Respond to weekend patient calls, assessing medical needs and determining appropriate interventions.
• Provide skilled nursing visits to hospice patients in homes, assisted living facilities, nursing facilities and other care settings as needed.
• Assess patient condition and identify changes requiring intervention or physician notification.
• Providing advice on symptom management using pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures.
• Answering any questions and providing education regarding patient's condition and placing courtesy calls to follow up on patients post intervention.
• Expectations of assisting medication orders, DME and faxing documents/orders as needed.
• Develops and re-evaluates the patient/family care plan to meet their needs and maintain continuity of care.
• Documents visits in electronic medical record system
• Participate in post admission, deaths and continuous care visits as assigned.
• Support…