Afterhours Hospice RN — PRN Weekend Shifts & Growth

Optum; Titusville (FL); On-site; USD 71,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Incentive and recognition programs

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking an Afterhours Registered Nurse to deliver comprehensive hospice care to patients and families during nights and weekends, serving the Rockledge, Cocoa, Titusville area. This PRN role supports crisis triage by phone and in-person visits when needed.

Responsibilities include nursing evaluations within 48 hours, afterhours admissions, and routine visits, with attention to psychosocial, environmental, and medical needs.

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice.
• Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
• CPR certification preferred or ability to complete within 90 days of hire.
• 1+ years of clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• 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 reassess them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Skills

RN licensure

Driving ability

Communication skills

Job description

UnitedHealth Group is seeking an Afterhours Registered Nurse to deliver comprehensive hospice care to patients and families during nights and weekends, serving the Rockledge, Cocoa, Titusville area. This PRN role supports crisis triage by phone and in-person visits when needed.

Responsibilities include nursing evaluations within 48 hours, afterhours admissions, and routine visits, with attention to psychosocial, environmental, and medical needs.