Hospice Resource RN - NOC Shift (Milwaukee/Racine Areas)

Agrace; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

PTO and holidays

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Agrace is seeking a Registered Nurse for the Alt Shift, part-time role in the Milwaukee area. The position covers nights (12:00a-8:30a), with on-call rotations, weekends, and holidays. 28 hours per week (0.7 FTE) with a sign-on bonus of $10,000.

As a nurse in Agrace’s homecare team, you will assess patients, manage pain, and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to ensure patient-centered hospice care. Prior homecare experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing License in state of employment.
• One-year nursing experience, preferred.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle.
• Must be at least 18 years of age.
• Basic Microsoft Office skills.
• Intermediate electronic health records skills.
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions.

Responsibilities

• Conduct patient and family assessments and collect data.
• Coordinate care with IDT to determine hospice eligibility.
• Provide pain management, interventions, and education during visits.
• Develop, implement, and revise Plan of Care with IDT and family.
• Oversee CNA/LPN and delegate visits; participate in meetings and precept new staff.

Skills

RN License

Patient assessment

NOC shift experience

Education

Registered Nursing License

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Job description

• One-year nursing experience, preferred

Location: Milwaukee/ Racine, WI | On average Resource RNs can expect to drive around 50 miles from their home

Part Time 0.7 FTE (28 hours/week) | NOC Shift | Weekdays | Hours 12:00a - 8:30a

Includes on call rotation (1 NOC Shift/Month) weekends (every other weekend) and holiday (3/year) rotations

Sign On Bonus: $10,000

Make a lasting impact with Agrace

Join Agrace, a nationally recognized nonprofit leader in hospice and palliative care. If you are a skilled RN who values meaningful, patient-centered care, this is your opportunity to make a difference!

How You’ll Make a Difference (Essential Functions)

The Registered Nurse Alt Shift (RN Alt Shift) is responsible for patient and family satisfaction through the provision of nursing care and case management by conducting assessments, triaging patient needs, creating and updating the plan of care, providing interventions, communicating, and documenting. The RN Alt Shift provides coverage for care groups across the homecare teams when a need arises (vacancies, FMLA, high census). The RN Alt Shift provides patient and family centered care consistent with Agrace philosophy, goals, standards, regulations, and policies. As such, percentages of time listed for each essential function may vary or increase based on needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Patient and Family Assessments
  • Assess patients and family’s physical, pain, psychosocial, emotional, spiritual, environmental, and educational needs as outlined by the plan of care (POC).
  • Collect data from the patient, family, significant other or other members of the interdisciplinary team and other health care professionals.
  • Identify, interpret, and document assessment data collected in the nursing interview, physical assessment, and other health data.
  • Document and report significant changes in condition or unusual incidents to appropriate IDT member such as client abuse/neglect, suicidal intent, harmful coping mechanisms or violence, etc.
  • Collaborate with IDT and primary care provider to create HES for determination of hospice eligibility.
• Patient Visits
  • Respond to patient and family needs or change in condition or need for acute patient intervention.
  • Provide interventions, treatments, and pain management to patient and family to meet needs. Evaluate
  • the effectiveness of pain management or other intervention and adjust to meet needs.
  • Provide patient and family education on pain, symptom management, end of life, etc. Evaluate the effectiveness of education and adjust to meet needs.
• Plan of Care
  • Formulate, implement, and revise individualized POC in collaboration with Interdisciplinary Team (IDT), patient, and family. The POC to include goals, pain management, interventions, education, discharge plan, etc.
  • Develop reasonable and achievable outcome measures and establish priorities in the planning and provision of care.
  • Read, understand, and follow the plan of care. Document interventions, outcomes, and changes in patient condition in electronic health record (EHR).
  • Delegate visits to appropriate disciplines and manage visit sets.
  • Oversee work of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN).
• Miscellaneous
  • Participate in meetings to plan and evaluate patient/family services.
  • Precept new staff and students.

You Bring (Qualifications)

• Current, unrestricted Registered Nursing License in state of employment
• One-year nursing experience, preferred
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and access to a reliable vehicle
• Must be at least 18 years of age
• Basic Microsoft Office skills
• Intermediate electronic health records skills
• Ability to use proper body mechanics, safe patient handling, and standard precautions

Benefits

• Competitive salary with mileage reimbursement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees who are hired for 28 or more hours per week (.7 FTE +)
• Retirement plans with employer matching
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday paid time off
• Comprehensive onboarding, mentorship, and career development

About Agrace

For more than 45 years, Agrace has been an innovator and leader in both caring for patients and their families, and in educating others about death, dying and grief. We are the largest hospice provider in Wisconsin. Well known for end-of-life care, Agrace also serves people across southern Wisconsin who are aging, seriously ill or grieving.

At Agrace we are strengthened by the unique experiences, cultures and traditions of our staff, patients and clients.

Together, we pursue a vision in which every Agrace staff member is treated fairly, and every patient and client experiences the respectful, individualized care they need and deserve.

We foster a culture of belonging that celebrates people’s uniqueness and leads to meaningful, empathetic connections.

Agrace Health Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.