• Job Description

  Req#: 2025018156
  
  Summary
  We are hiring for an After-Hours Weekend Registered Nurse.
  At Grace Hospice, a part of LHC Group, we embrace a culture of caring, belonging, and trust and enjoy the meaningful connections that come from it: for the whole patient, their families, each other, and the communities we serve—it truly is all about helping people. You can find a home for your career here.
  As an After- Hours Hospice RN, you can expect:
  the ability to develop trusting relationships as an end-of-life care expert.
  being valued and respected by patients and their families.
  employee-focused wellness and support programs
  incredible team support and empathetic leadership
  Take your nursing career to a new level of caring. Join us.
  
  
  Responsibilities
  The Afterhours Weekend Registered Nurse’s Primary focus is to conduct comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for patients and their families after regular business hours, including at night and on the weekends.
  Able to 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 afterhours.
  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 reassess them as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
  Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
  
  
  Education and Experience
  Experience Requirements
  • One year of clinical experience.
  License Requirements
  • Current RN licensure in the state of practice and one year of clinical experience.
  • Current CPR Certification.
  • Current driver's license, valid vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle, or public transportation.
  Additional State Specific Requirements
  • AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, NC, NJ, NV, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, WA, WV: No additional state specific requirements.
  
  
  

• About the company

  LHC Group, Inc. is a national provider of in-home healthcare services and innovations, providing quality, value-based healthcare to patients primarily within the comfort and privacy of their home or place of residence. LHC Group’s services cover a wide range of healthcare needs for patients and families dealing with illness, injury, or chronic conditions. The company’s 32,000 employees deliver home health, hospice, home and community based services, and facility-based care in 35 states and the District of Columbia – reaching 60 percent of the U.S. population aged 65 and older. LHC Group is the preferred in-home healthcare partner for 350 leading hospitals around the country.

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