Hospice On-Call RN

Who We Are:

Principle Choice Home Healthcare and Hospice was opened because we believe that every person deserves to be cared for with dignity, tenderness, and deep respect, especially during life’s most vulnerable season. Too often, people at this stage feel rushed, unheard, or treated like a diagnosis instead of a human being. We knew there had to be a better way. We started Principle Choice Home Healthcare and Hospice because we have seen how powerful it is when care is rooted in compassion. When pain is taken seriously. When comfort is a priority. When questions are welcomed, fears are spoken aloud, and no one feels like they are facing this journey alone.

Position Purpose:

Under the supervision of the Director of Hospice, the On-Call Hospice Nurse is responsible for the nursing care of clients outside of traditional weekday hours. The On-Call Hospice Nurse’s job responsibilities may include triage support, conducting urgent home visits, managing acute pain and other symptoms, providing emotional support, documenting care and facilitating patient pronouncements. An On-Call Hospice Nurse is a professional who manages client care according to each individual's needs and explains these clearly to the client and client’s family.

Organization:

This position reports to the Director of Hospice

Essential Job Functions include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Telephonic triage support
• Conducting urgent home visits
• Managing acute pain and other symptoms
• Providing emotional support
• Documenting care and facilitating announcements
• Ensuring clients and families understand release instructions
• Monitoring fluid/food intake and output
• Moving clients safely
• Observing client reactions to medications
• Observing client mental health status
• Providing emotional support to clients and their families
• Evaluate the client’s wellbeing, reporting any needs to medical staff
• Explain treatments and procedures to clients and families
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge & Experience:

• High School Graduate, Accredited RN Nursing school graduate
• Current RN Nursing licensure in Oklahoma
• Current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) required
• Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) preferred
• 1-2 years recent Hospice nursing experience
• Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation
• Active car insurance
• Medical knowledge, patience, compassion, kindness, critical thinking skills, knowledge of infection control practices, stamina, and physical endurance, observational skills, knowledge of occupational hazards and safety rules, communication skills, leadership, empathy

Physical Activity:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The work requires moderately heavy physical exertion on a regular and recurring basis such as: extensive driving, assisting client in transfer activities (wheelchair, to bed, to tub, to commode) and providing substantial support to individuals in ambulation. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, to handle or feel, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move over 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
General office, client home setting, exposure to infectious diseases, automobile.
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified.