Job Summary:

The Weekday On-Call Night nurse will provide supervisory nursing coverage for patients and ancillary personnel after-hours. Flexible hours! 

Qualifications: Graduate of an approved school of nursing. Current unrestricted registration in the state. Minimum of 2 years of experience in medical-surgical oncology, or Community health nursing or equivalent. At least one year of experience in hospice nursing. Must understand the physical psychosocial and spiritual concerns of the terminal patient and the effects of the prognosis on the family. Must demonstrate good interpersonal skills to patients, families, team members, and other health care professionals. Responsibilities: Respond to emergency telephone requests for patient care, questions or concerns, and medical emergencies. Turn on the cell phone at all times or notify the answering service of how you can be reached. Patient visits after hours/weekends are for emergency purposes. The phone consultation will be used to provide instructions to family/caregivers to help solve problems. After advice is given, the nurse will follow up within a reasonable amount of time to reassess the situation. If there is no improvement and/or the situation is unstable, a visit will be offered and/or made by the nurse. Calls will be responded to within 10 minutes of receiving the signal on the pager or answering service. Document all contacts on Care Any Ware. In the event of death during the on-call hours, a visit is offered. If declined, the nurse will assist the family by calling the funeral home, etc. If a visit is made, the RN will pronounce the patient and complete the necessary paperwork. Provide the funeral home with their copy and file the remaining copies in the patient’s chart. Attending physicians are to be notified during reasonable hours of all deaths or discharges unless physicians request otherwise. Reports will be given to the Clinical Manager or DON on Monday by fax or phone of patients’ condition changes or problems, needs, deaths, or admissions. The nurse may be asked to do “start of care” on patients. The On-call Nurse can call the Administrator for back up when on call. Accept any other duties as assigned.Flexible working hours! We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.