Night Shift RN - Hospice Care & Afterhours

Optum; Round Rock (TX); On-site; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum, through At Home Hospice, is seeking an RN to provide home health and hospice services in the Round Rock, Texas area. The role includes triage over the phone, afterhours crisis response, and initial nursing evaluations to determine hospice eligibility within 48 hours of referral.

Travel across Williamson and Travis Counties is required. Active Texas RN license, CPR, and at least one year of clinical experience are necessary; hospice experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Current Texas RN license is required.
• Home health/home care experience is required.
• Hospice experience preferred.
• Must be able to travel throughout Williamson and Travis Counties.

Responsibilities

• Triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can visit in person.
• Respond with urgency to crisis calls after hours from patients and families.
• Conduct initial nursing evaluation within 48 hours of referral for hospice eligibility.
• Perform afterhours visits including admission, death, recertification and routine visits.
• Identify patient/family physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassess at least every 15 days.
• Document problems, goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

Skills

RN licensure

Home health experience

Hospice experience

Travel availability

Job description

Optum, through At Home Hospice, is seeking an RN to provide home health and hospice services in the Round Rock, Texas area. The role includes triage over the phone, afterhours crisis response, and initial nursing evaluations to determine hospice eligibility within 48 hours of referral.

Travel across Williamson and Travis Counties is required. Active Texas RN license, CPR, and at least one year of clinical experience are necessary; hospice experience is preferred.