On-Call Hospice & Palliative Care RN (After Hours)

MJHS; Greenwich (CT); On-site; USD 85,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

MJHS is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide after-hours on-call visits for hospice and palliative care. You will coordinate with the triage center and on-call manager, address urgent patient needs, and establish safe plans of care with the hospice physician.

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing with an RN license; NYS licensure and CHPN certification within one year of hire are preferred. Proficiency in Word and Excel is expected.

Qualifications

• RN license required; New York State licensure preferred.
• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• CHPN certification within one year of hire preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-call patient visits scheduled or unscheduled for urgent issues after hours, coordinating with Call Center Triage and On-Call Manager.
• Respond to Triage visit requests via cell phone and communicate with the on-call team and Hospice physician to address urgent patient needs and establish a safe plan of care.
• Implement the plan of care and educate patient and primary caregiver on changes to plan of care, including medications, safety, and symptom management.
• Attend patient deaths as directed to provide emotional support and guidance to family.
• Report updates to triage and primary Hospice team regarding visits, plan changes, and follow-up needs.
• Follow New York State Standards for Professional Registered Nursing.

Skills

On-call nursing

Urgent triage

Interdisciplinary communication

Care planning

Education

RN license (state-issued)

Graduate from accredited School of Nursing

CHPN certification within 1 year

Tools

Word

Excel

Windows applications

Job description

MJHS is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse to provide after-hours on-call visits for hospice and palliative care. You will coordinate with the triage center and on-call manager, address urgent patient needs, and establish safe plans of care with the hospice physician.

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing with an RN license; NYS licensure and CHPN certification within one year of hire are preferred. Proficiency in Word and Excel is expected.