Hospice Overnight Visit Nurse LPN - 7 days on/ 7 days off
Hospice Overnight Visit Nurse
Grace Hospice Minneapolis, MN
Pay Range: $58240 -$72800
Join the Grace Family www.gracecaring.org
If you are seeking a career that puts you in a position to change the world, one life at a time, you have come to the right place. At Grace Hospice we offer professional care with a personal touch by focusing on the patients and families, not the disease, while emphasizing quality of life and dignity. We have built our nonprofit Hospice Agency by going back to the original roots of hospice care rich in spiritual, emotional and physical care for those at their end of life. We are an equal opportunity, drug free organization striving for excellence while offering competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits. People of diverse backgrounds and experience are encouraged to apply.
Position Summary: As an overnight visit nurse you will respond to telephone requests for assistance and assigned home visits for hospice patients and families. You will respond to incoming calls, referrals, and requests for assistance and communicate significant findings, problems, patient’s needs, and report changes in condition or environment to the physician, clinical manager and other members of the hospice care team and obtain physician orders as required.
Job Requirements
- Displays an attitude of courtesy and respect for all prospective patients, families, staff and referral sources
- Functions as a team member with other staff in the performance of duties.
- Is aware of patient confidentiality and adheres to HIPPA regulations.
- Displays an understanding of vulnerable adult issues.
- Displays an understanding of hospice patients rights
- Exhibits sound mature judgment.
Qualifications:
- Graduate of accredited school of nursing
- Current state of Minnesota LPN licensure
- Three years recent nursing experience in acute, long-term care or home care/hospice/public health
- Patient care planning and patient teaching skills
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Critical thinker
- Current Minnesota driver’s license, insurance and daily access to reliable vehicle
- Computer literacy
Benefits
- Excellent pay
- Flexible scheduling
- Being part of a caring and dynamic team
- Basic life/AD&D
- Supplemental Life/AD&D
- Dependent Life/AD&D
- 401k Retirement Plan
- Paid sick and vacation days
- 11 Paid Holidays