Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health Hospice
LHC Group
Corpus Christi, TX

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

Summary

We are hiring for an After-Hours Registered Nurse.

 

At Christus Hospice in Corpus Christi, 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 for Internal Candidates 

 

The Afterhours 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.

 

Responsibilities

• Makes the initial nursing evaluation in determining eligibility for hospice services during visit within forty-eight

(48) hours of referral.

• Identifies the patient's/family's physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs and re-assesses as needed, no less than every fifteen (15) days.
• Initiates and coordinates the plan of care.
• Documents problems, appropriate goals, interventions, and patient/family response to hospice care.
• Collaborates with the patient/family, attending physician and other members of the IDG in providing patient

and family care daily.

• Instructs and supervises the patient/family in self-care techniques when appropriate.
• Maintains accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding the patient's condition.
• Reports patient condition and any identified needs/issues to supervisor daily.
• Supervises and evaluates the home health aides/homemaker's ability to perform assigned duties every 14 days.
• Performs supervisory aide visits to the patient's residence every 14 days to assess whether goals are being met.
• Performs supervisory visits with the aide present per state regulations.
• Completes all required hospice assigned modules on-line on a monthly basis.
• Participates in daily nursing report on patients to supervisor and provides all necessary documentation.
• Performs 60 or 90 day record review for recertifications as appropriate.
• Follows processes and regulations for admissions and recertification of hospice patients and reviews findings with supervisor.
• Participates in Interdisciplinary Group Meeting (IDG) regarding patient care every 14 days.
• Participates in the QAPI plan and process on a daily basis identifying any problems to Administrator.
• Compliance with procedures and processes of ordering/obtaining medications ordered by the physician and included in the patients plan of care.
• Assures compliance when possible of medication regime within the specified formulary.
• Maintains up-to-date personnel file.
• Performs LPN Supervisory visits as assigned by supervisor and in accordance with state regulations.
• May fill-in as alternate if Executive Director/Director of Clinical Operations/Patient Care Manager is unavailable.
• Participates in on-call rotation.

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

• LA: a minimum two years full time experience working as an RN. However, two years of full time clinical experience in hospice care as a licensed practical nurse may be substituted for the required two years of experience as a registered nurse.
• MS: At least one year full-time experience as an RN. However, three (3) years full-time clinical experience in a healthcare setting as an LPN may be substituted for the one year full time experience as an RN.
• VA: Experience with terminally ill required.
• 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.

Company OverviewLHC 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.
CHRISTUS Hospice and Palliative Care SPOHN 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.