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Registered Nurse / On-Call Nights/ Weekends / 7 on 7 off/ Kankakee & Bourbonnais area
St. Croix HospicePalos Heights, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 25 Jun 2025
💰 $106,000/yr($78,000/yr – $106,000/yr)
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Level ExperiencedJob Location Palos Heights IL - Palos Heights, ILPosition Type Full TimeEducation Level 2 Year DegreeJob Category NurseThe On-Call Registered Nurse (RN) organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse directs the immediate services necessary to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities. This position will cover call for nights and weekends 7 days on then 7 days off. Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities
- Available to receive and respond to calls from Triage during assigned shifts making visits to patients with changing conditions, and completing week end admissions.
- Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing comprehensive assessment of patient and family to determine hospice needs for after-hours calls. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness.
- Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process.
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Assesses and evaluates patient’s status by:
- Writing and initiating plan of care
- Re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs
- Participating in revising the plan of care as necessary
- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
- Assists the patient with the activities of daily living and facilitates the patient’s efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care.
- After hours on-call responsibilities included remaining available for all calls related to patient care and making all appropriate visits as necessary.
- Remaining with patient and or family through a crisis period until resolved and or relived.
- Completes, maintains and submits accurate and relevant clinical notes regarding patient’s condition and care given. Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
- Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians’ orders as required.
- Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
- Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate. Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group.
- Provides and maintains a safe environment for the patient.
- Assists the patient and family/caregiver and other team members in providing continuity of care.
- Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice interdisciplinary group to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
- Attends interdisciplinary group meetings.
- Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
- Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
- Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional kno
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