Weekend Hospice RN - Afterhours Care & Crisis Response

UnitedHealth Group; Moses Lake (WA); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group's Assured Hospice of Moses Lake, WA is seeking an Afterhours Registered Nurse to deliver comprehensive hospice care for patients and families outside regular business hours, including nights and weekends. Key duties include phone triage, urgent afterhours crisis response, an initial nursing evaluation within 48 hours of referral, and performing admission, death, and routine visits.

Must hold an active WA RN license, CPR certification, valid driver's license with access to a

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted RN licensure in the state of practice.
• Current CPR Certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire.
• Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition.

Responsibilities

• Triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit.
• Responds appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families after hours.
• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services, as part of a patient visit, within forty-eight (48) hours of referral if assigned.
• Competent to perform afterhours visits including admission visits, death visits, recertification visits, and routine visits.
• Identifies the patient/family's physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and reassesses them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.

Skills

CPR certification

Active WA RN license

Driver's license

Home health experience

Communication skills

Education

State RN licensure

Job description

UnitedHealth Group's Assured Hospice of Moses Lake, WA is seeking an Afterhours Registered Nurse to deliver comprehensive hospice care for patients and families outside regular business hours, including nights and weekends. Key duties include phone triage, urgent afterhours crisis response, an initial nursing evaluation within 48 hours of referral, and performing admission, death, and routine visits.

Must hold an active WA RN license, CPR certification, valid driver's license with access to a