Afterhours Palliative Care RN
1 week ago
The Afterhours Palliative Care RN - Advanced Illness Management is responsible for providing essential support and care to patients and families during after-hours, ensuring comfort and maximizing quality of life. This role involves triaging patient needs, coordinating with healthcare teams, and delivering both in-person and telehealth interventions. With a focus on compassionate, high-touch palliative care, the RN plays a critical role in guiding patients facing advanced illnesses through their unique journeys.
Our Company:
Illumia Health is a fast-growing part of Gentiva, an industry leader in hospice and palliative care. Our clinical teams serve as an extension of physicians’ care, partnering with them and other specialists to offer advanced illness management, a specialized form of high-touch palliative care designed to provide relief from the symptoms and stress of illness while improving quality of life wherever our patients call home. This flexible, collaborative approach is provided alongside curative treatments as an extra layer of physical, emotional, and social support. As a close-knit team bringing compassionate expertise to the unique journey of every patient, we proudly celebrate each other’s successes in an inclusive atmosphere of generous support and rewarding career growth.
Overview:
Join us to make a difference when life matters most
We believe every day is an opportunity to make care more personal and life more comfortable. That’s why we offer personal care, palliative care and hospice to give people the care they need with dignity, grace, and love.
The Afterhours AIM (Advanced Illness Management) Program - PRN RN will report directly to the Director of AIM. Responsible for identifying and coordinating patient/family needs and for providing preventive and supportive care to the palliative patients and family. Utilizes assessment, intervention, and teaching skills to maximize patient comfort and to enhance the quality of life. Assumes afterhours coverage for the designated teams and functions as an interdisciplinary advanced illness management and support, along with telephonic, video, and in person interventions afterhours (5pm-8am). Regular FT schedule is 7on/7 off, but for the PRN position, we need coverage at least 1-2 evenings per week.
As a Registered Nurse / RN, you will:
- Be able to triage patient needs over the phone until a nurse can provide an in-person visit
- Respond appropriately and with urgency to crisis calls from patients and families after hours
- Make the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for palliative serves, as part of a patient visit, within 48 hours of referral
- Identify the patient/family’s physical, psychosocial, emotional, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed
- Collaborate with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of IDG in providing patient and family care
- Timely document the problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to palliative care
- Maintain accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient’s condition
- Be responsible to effectively communicate with members of the AIM team, clinical supervisor, and the patient’s PCP, if any, regarding changes in patient status and/or patient needs occurring during afterhours call
- Report patient condition and any identified needs/issues to supervisor, nurse practitioner, or PCP
- Assist in overseeing the utilization of medications, DME and supplies related to the plan of care in a manner consistent with the needs of the patent, physician orders, and the performance goals of the AIM agency
Registered Nurse / RN Requirements:
Education:
- Associates/Bachelor’s degree Nursing
Experience:
- 2 years of prior skilled Registered Nurse experience
- Demonstrated ability to provide quality patient care
- Nursing experience in palliative care, oncology, hospice, or geriatric care preferred
- Additional, preferred experience to help you be successful in a hospice role: hospital Staff RN, Med Surg, PACU, Float pool, ER or emergency room, critical care, acute care, cardiac, geriatric, admissions, wound care, telemetry or travel nursing
Licenses, Certifications and/or Registration:
- Current RN license to practice in the state
- CPR Certification
Equipment/Tools/Work-Aids:
- Fluent competence in computer programs Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel
- Fluent in electronic medical record documentation
Specialized Knowledge and Skills:
- Prior clinical experience
- Strong compassionate phone skills
- Strives for independence and sound critical decision-making regarding the delivery of patient care
- Competent to perform afterhours in person visits
- Familiar with the concepts and needs of patients/families who are facing advanced illnesses
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Always maintains patient confidentiality
- Good problem-solving skills
- Good time management skills
As a Registered Nurse / RN, you will be eligible for:
- Competitive Pay
- 401(k) with company matching contributions
- Career growth opportunities available at both the branch and corporate levels
- One on One Onboarding Program
- Free Continuing Education Units
- Local and national award programs
- Referral bonus program
- Mileage reimbursement
- Financial assistance program supporting teammates in times of need
- This is a safety-sensitive position
- Employee must meet minimum requirements to be eligible for benefits
- Where applicable, employee must meet state specific requirements
- We are proud to be an EEO employer
- We maintain a drug-free workplace
Keywords:
palliative care, registered nurse, afterhours care, advanced illness management, patient support, hospice care, healthcare team, telehealth interventions, emergency response, patient comfort
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