RN On Call Hospice

Peoples Hospice and Palliative Care; Panama City (FL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Group life insurance

Short-term disability

PTO

6 paid holidays

Recognition programs

Relax & Recharge Day

Job summary

Peoples Health Services is seeking a professional nurse to join the interdisciplinary team to provide skilled nursing assessments and hospice care in patients' homes. The role includes evening, weekend, and on-call coverage to support the care plan and patient family needs.

Responsibilities include coordinating with physicians and community resources, maintaining accurate patient records, and delivering compassionate care aligned with agency policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Possession of current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in Florida.
• Minimum two years of recent varied work experience as a professional nurse, preferably in acute, oncology, home health, or hospice settings.
• Ability to assess and respond to patient and family needs in varied settings.
• Skill in nursing practice and coping with family emotional stress.
• Availability to work evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide skilled nursing assessments and hospice care in patients' homes.
• Cover evening, weekend, holiday, and on-call shifts as scheduled.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate nursing care using the nursing process.
• Coordinate with attending physicians and community resources.
• Maintain up-to-date patient records reflecting care plans and changes.

Skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

On-call nursing

Care coordination

Patient assessment

Crisis management

Education

Florida RN license

Tools

Electronic Health Records (EHR)

Job description

Why Peoples?

Peoples Health Services is the only family-owned, locally governed Hospice and Home Health provider in the Florida Panhandle. We believe that when we take care of the people who care for our patients, everyone benefits. We offer competitive pay, medical, dental, vision, group life, short-term disability benefits, a PTO program, 6 paid holidays, recognition programs, and work-life balance initiatives including a Relax & Recharge Day annually. Join a team that is dedicated to caring for our community—and each other.

Position Summary:

Responsible as a member of the interdisciplinary team to the Administrator for the provision of skilled nursing assessment and hospice care to maximize the comfort and health of patients and families consistent with agency policies and procedures. Will provide skilled nursing, intervention, and supportive care in patients' homes for weekend, holiday, evening, and night on-call duty in accordance with the Interdisciplinary Team plan of care for each patient.

Requirements

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

1. Assume responsibility for evening, weekend, and holiday on-call duty as scheduled and consistent with agency policies and procedures.
2. Assume primary responsibility for agency total care census including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating phases of the nursing process.
3. Initiate communication with attending physicians and other community resources to report changes and coordinate optimal care and use of resources for the patient/family.
4. Obtain data on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that may influence patient/family health status and incorporate that data into the plan of care as indicated.
5. Maintain up-to-date patient records so that problems, plans, actions, and goals are accurately and clearly stated, and changes are reflected as they occur.
6. Monitor physical care of the patient by instructing primary caregivers, volunteers, and employed caregivers.
7. Respond to medical or emotional crisis and/or death of patient and make home visit to provide direct care as appropriate.
8. Provide appropriate counsel at time of death.
9. Demonstrate familiarity with policies of the agency and rules and regulations of community, State and Federal bodies which relate to the delivery of home health/hospice services.
10. Accept other assignments as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:

1. Possession of current license to practice as a registered professional nurse in the state of Florida.
2. Minimum two years of recent varied work experience as a professional nurse and preferably one of the two years in an acute, oncology, home health, and/or hospice setting.
3. Demonstrated ability to assess and respond to the needs of patients and families in varied settings.
4. Demonstrated skill in nursing practice, ability to cope with family emotional stress and tolerance of individual lifestyles.
5. Availability to work evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by his/her immediate supervisor or other management.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this position, the employee travels by automobile and is exposed to changing weather conditions. The employee works in varied residential environments based on assigned caseload.

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to see, talk, or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, reposition patients; use hands and fingers to feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently lifts and moves up to 50 lbs.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive, and the employee will also perform other reasonably related duties as assigned by his/her immediate supervisor or other management.