After Hours Registered Nurse (RN) - Weekends Friday 430p-Monday 830a

After Hours Registered Nurse (RN) - Weekends Friday 430p-Monday 830a

Columbia SC - Columbia, SC 29205

Overview

Position Type Full Time Job Shift Any Education Level 2 Year Degree Travel Percentage Local Travel Category Health Care

Description

VIA Health Partners is an industry leader and top-10 nationally ranked provider of end-of-life care. More importantly we are proud to be a community based, not for profit hospice & palliative care provider. We have deep community roots, with decades of experience serving ALL patients' and families' needs regardless of their ability to pay or their medical complexity. We are a people first organization whose funds go to serve our mission.

Due to our significant growth, we are looking for amazing new staff who share these same values. Apply now and be a part of our success story.

We provide excellent benefits including:

• Medical, Vision, and Dental plans through BCBS
• 28 days of Paid Time Off
• Excellent mileage reimbursement rate
• 403b Retirement plan with matching
• Focused programs honoring Veteran patients
• Assistance with achieving Certified Hospice & Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
• Best Orientation and Onboarding program you've experienced
• Seasoned Hospice leaders guiding your career growth

Essential Functions

• Assumes responsibility for the effective coordination of patient/caregiver care.
• Conducts nursing assessments to assist in the overall management of patient/caregiver needs.
• Make visits to provide appropriate interventions. Follows established plan of care, evaluates patient/caregiver responses to determine progress toward goals, and revises plan of care as necessary.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates plans of care for patients/caregivers. Incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and palliative nursing actions, and specifically addresses patient/caregiver education. Evaluates and updates plan of care as goals and objectives are achieved or changed.
• Emergency triage by telephone and home visits.
• Provides interventions consistent with the plan of care and performs all interventions required for each visit. Identifies new problems or needs when they occur.
• Facilitates patient and caregiver independence to extent possible.
• Initiates and maintains a liaison relationship with healthcare providers to effectively coordinate multidisciplinary care. Consults with the patient, caregivers, physician, facility staff and interdisciplinary team when initiating care and when significant changes in care needs occur. Reliably communicates pertinent information to appropriate members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Identify and refer all patient/caregiver psychosocial needs to VIA Health Partners Medical Social Worker as appropriate.
• Identify learning needs of patients and caregivers and provide necessary instruction.
• Demonstrate nursing care procedures. Utilize teaching materials, tools, and written information appropriately.
• Encourage and allows time for questions and consultation.
• When providing hospice care, appropriately utilizes VIA Health Partners policies, patient related protocols, standing orders and guidelines, including Enclara Pharmacia MUGs; Medline, and ProHospice, as applicable.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• A Diploma or Associates Degree in nursing is required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• A current, active, and unrestricted compact (multistate) license as a Registered Nurse (RN) is required.
• Current CPR required; CHPN preferred.
• Minimum 2 years related experience. Experience in direct care of patients with life limiting illnesses required. Related experience may include hospice and palliative care; family medicine; internal medicine; geriatrics, oncology; home health care; medical surgical.
• Computer proficiency is required.