On Call RN - $15,000 Sign-On Bonus or Student Loan Assistance!

Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Metropolitan Jewish Health System, Inc. is seeking an on-call Registered Nurse to manage urgent after-hours patient visits and coordinate with the triage center and on-call manager. The role emphasizes rapid assessment, care planning, and clear communication with the hospice team.

The ideal candidate has NY RN licensure, 2+ years in medical-surgical, hospice, or oncology settings, and CHPN in progress within a year. Proficiency with Word, Excel and Windows is expected.

Qualifications

• RN licensure in NY state preferred.
• Minimum 2 years in Medical-Surgical, Community Health, Hospice or Oncology nursing.
• CHPN certification within 12 months of hire preferred.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel and Windows applications.

Responsibilities

• Provide on-call patient visits during after-hours, scheduled or urgent, and coordinate with Call Center Triage and On-Call Manager.
• Be available by cell phone to respond to triage visit requests and communicate with the on-call team and hospice physician.
• Implement and educate patients and primary caregivers 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 patient-related visits, changes to plan of care and follow-up needs to triage and primary hospice team.
• Follow New York State Standards for Professional Registered Nurse.

Skills

Communication

Team coordination

Patient education

Emergency response

Education

RN degree from accredited school

New York State RN licensure

CHPN (within 1 year)

Tools

Word

Excel

Windows applications

Job description

Our groundbreaking hospice and palliative care programs offer a significant difference when dealing with a life-limiting condition. We offer a broad range of services in the community or facility-based to help patients and their families ease the burden of managing a life-limiting illness or end of life care.

Responsible for providing on call patient visits scheduled, or unscheduled, for urgent physical and psycho-social issues during after hours scheduled shift, in coordination with Call Center Triage and On Call Manager. Available via cell phone to respond to Triage visit requests, and communicates effectively with the on call team, including Hospice physician to address urgent patient needs, and establish a safe plan of care. Implements plan of care, educating patient/primary caregiver on changes to plan of care, including medication management, patient safety, and symptom management. Attends patient deaths as directed to provide emotional support and guidance to family. Reports off to triage and primary Hospice team concerning patient related visit, changes to plan of care, and follow up needs. Follows NYS Standards for Professional Registered Nurse.

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. At least two years experience in Medical-Surgical Nursing, Community Health, Hospice or Oncology nursing preferred. New York State RN licensure, NYS valid drivers license preferred. Will sit for the national board certification CHPN within one year of hire. Word, Excel, Windows applications