staff - Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Hospice - $75K+ per year at LHC Group

LHC Group is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Home Health Hospice for a nursing job in Augusta, Georgia.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Hospice
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

***Please note that the salary will be commensurate with experience. 

Summary

We are hiring for a Hospice Afterhours Registered Nurse.

At Trinity 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 Registered Nurse’s Primary focus is to conduct comprehensive and timely delivery of hospice care for patients and their families afterregular 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 reassesses 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.

Company Overview
LHC Group is committed to a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion and is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally other protected characteristic.
Trinity Hospice a part of LHC Group family of providers – the preferred post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians, and families nationwide. We deliver high-quality, cost-effective care that supports our patients when and where they need it. From our home health, hospice, and community-based services to inpatient care at our clinics and hospitals, our mission is to reach more patients and families with effective and efficient healthcare. More hospitals, physicians, and families choose LHC Group because we are united by a single shared purpose: It's all about helping people.

LHC Group Job ID #2024023389. Posted job title: Registered Nurse Home Health (On-Call)

About LHC Group

Benefits

• Holiday Pay
• Medical benefits
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• 401k retirement plan
• Continuing Education
• Employee assistance programs