Registered Nurse (RN)

Hospice Buffalo; Bellevue (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 63,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Match

Health Insurance + vision

HSA with employer contributions

Dental Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off + NYS Sick Leave

Tuition Assistance

Job summary

Hospice Buffalo is seeking a part-time Inpatient Unit Registered Nurse for the Mitchell Campus in Cheektowaga, NY. The role involves 3pm-11pm shifts with rotating holidays and weekends to support our inpatient unit for patients whose symptoms require specialized care.

The ideal candidate will hold NY RN licensure, have hospice/palliative care experience or certification preferred, and possess a valid driver's license for on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current RN licensure in the State of New York.
• Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing preferred.
• Valid Driver's License, free of serious violations, and vehicle required for use when on duty or on-call.

Responsibilities

• Performs comprehensive assessments identifying physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, emotional and spiritual needs related to terminal illness and documents findings.
• Performs pain assessments using Edmonton Scale and adheres to pain protocols to ensure optimal relief.
• Organizes and prioritizes assignments to meet productivity standards and complete documentation.
• Explains duties of the interdisciplinary team and articulates disease progression of common terminal illnesses.
• Modifies the care plan timely with anticipation of problems affecting patient safety or symptom control.
• Documents care using agency standards and maintains HIPAA-compliant records.

Education

RN licensure in NY

Hospice & Palliative Care Nursing certification (preferred)

Valid Driver's License

Job description

What's in it for you? Hospice offers a Robust Total Rewards Package

• Employer 401k contribution regardless of employee participation, and additional contribution given as match with employee participation
• Health Insurance with vision component copayment plan, or high-deductible plan (FT status)
• HSA with high-deductible health plan twice annual Employer contribution (FT status)
• Dental Insurance (FT status)
• Flexible Spending Account (FT status)
• Paid Time Off PTO & NYS Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance Program
• And Many More!

Part-time (2 shifts/week) 3pm-11pm with rotating holidays and every other weekend rotation.

Our Inpatient Unit on the Mitchell Campus in Cheektowaga, NY, provides a relaxing home-like setting for select patients and their families. Our unique unit is only offered to patients whose pain or symptoms cannot be managed at home or are approaching their final stage. Hospice patients can also be admitted to the unit for short-term respite care.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities for a Hospice Inpatient Unit Registered Nurse:

• Demonstrates ability to perform comprehensive assessments to identify all physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, emotional and spiritual needs related to the terminal illness that must be addressed in order to promote the patient's well-being, comfort, and dignity throughout the dying process and documents findings on all appropriate forms and on the plan of care.
• Performs pain assessments using Edmonton Scale, adhering to pain protocols, knowledgeable in equi-analgesic dosing and assures optimal pain relief using an interdisciplinary focus and timely appropriate interventions.
• Organizes and prioritizes assignments to consistently meet productivity standards and complete documentation requirements within identified time parameters.
• Appropriately explains duties and functions of the interdisciplinary team; articulates disease progression of cancer(s), lung disease, heart disease, liver disease, dementia, and other neurologic disease states.
• Able to articulate etiologies of symptom manifestation (nausea, vomiting, anorexia, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, diarrhea, constipation, mucositis, weakness/fatigue, dysphasia, edema, dyspnea, cognitive impairment, urinary retention, depression, delirium) related to a disease process.
• Modifies the plan of care timely and appropriately with a demonstrated skill in anticipating problems that may cause or create a threat to patient safety or lack of symptom control.
• Demonstrates knowledge in usage, indication, adverse side effects, contraindications and negative interactions of most commonly used steroids, NSAIDs, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, narcotics, antifungals, and diuretics.
• Documents to agency standards, timely completion, timely signatures, and documents care using A-I-R protocol to support hospice stay in program and level of care.
• Elicited no founded patient/family complaints or unusual occurrences (i.e. reportable incidents).
• Demonstrates proper sharps disposal, hand hygiene, waste disposal, use of personal protective equipment.
• Adheres to requirements of both CHPC and Hospice Buffalo policies and procedures that are both patient focused (clinical) and organizational focused (administrative); Adheres to HIPPA regulations and policies.
• Maintains the security of patient electronic/written records.
• Incorporates computer documentation into patient visit and/or as much as appropriately possible without compromising the quality of care and/or communication.
• Assures the timely completion and return of all initial, renewal and modified orders and reviews all PPOC's for procedural compliance.

Qualifications for a Hospice Inpatient Unit Registered Nurse:

Education/Certification

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with current RN licensure in the State of New York.
• Certification in Hospice and Palliative Care Nursing preferred.
• Valid Driver's License, free of serious violations, and vehicle required for use when on duty or on-call.

Experience

• Year of nursing practice as a professional nurse is preferred.