Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospice After Hours, Evenings & Weekends

Registered Nurse (RN) Opportunities

Hospice and Palliative Care Buffalo is hiring Registered Nurses (RNs) for our hospice After-Hours nursing team. We currently have full-time opportunities with evening and weekend schedules, providing care to patients in their homes and facility-based settings throughout the Buffalo area.

Our After-Hours nurses play an important role in ensuring patients and families receive compassionate, responsive hospice and palliative care outside of traditional daytime hours.

Benefits

Hospice offers a robust Total Rewards package, including:

• Employer 401(k) contribution regardless of employee participation
• Additional employer 401(k) matching contribution with employee participation
• Health insurance with vision coverage for eligible full-time employees
• High-deductible health plan option
• HSA with twice-annual employer contributions for eligible employees
• Dental insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Time Off (PTO) and NYS Sick Leave
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Additional employee benefits

Current Registered Nurse (RN) Opportunities

We have full-time On-Call Registered Nurse positions available in Buffalo, with the following schedules:

On-Call Registered Nurse (RN) Evenings Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday | 2:00 PM12:00 AM | No weekends | Holiday rotation

Provide responsive hospice nursing care to patients and families during evening hours in home and facility-based settings. Assess patient needs, manage symptoms, and coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team to support patients and caregivers.

On-Call Registered Nurse (RN) Weekends Saturday and Sunday | 8:00 AM8:00 PM | Plus one 8-hour weekday shift | Holiday rotation

Provide hospice nursing support to patients and families during weekend and after-hours periods in home and facility-based settings, including private residences, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and group homes.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will vary depending on the Registered Nurse position and schedule and may include:

• Provide compassionate, individualized hospice and palliative nursing care during assigned evening, weekend, and on-call hours.
• Respond to patient and family needs in home care and facility-based settings.
• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments addressing physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety, emotional, and spiritual needs.
• Assess and manage pain, symptoms, and changes in patient condition.
• Provide appropriate nursing interventions based on patient needs, physician orders, and established plans of care.
• Develop, implement, and update individualized plans of care as needed.
• Educate and support patients, families, and caregivers regarding symptom management, medications, and hospice services.
• Demonstrate knowledge of hospice levels of care, including routine home care, continuous care, general inpatient care, and respite care.
• Collaborate with physicians, interdisciplinary team members, and facility staff to coordinate patient care.
• Provide appropriate shift-to-shift reporting and communicate important changes in patient condition.
• Maintain accurate and timely electronic medical records and clinical documentation.
• Follow established clinical, patient safety, privacy, and infection-control standards.
• Travel to patient homes and healthcare facilities throughout the assigned service area.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the State of New York.
• Valid driver's license and access to a vehicle for community travel.
• One year of professional nursing experience preferred.
• Ability to assess patient needs, respond to changes in condition, and coordinate care across home and facility-based settings.