RN - After Hours (Night Shift)

Schedule - Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11:00pm - 7:00am 

Compensation: $38 - $40 per hour  

Position Summary 

The RN-After Hours is primarily responsible for gathering clinical information over the phone and directing healthcare services. The RN-After Hours uses Lifespark’s Clinical Guidelines as well as internal process and/or procedure to meet the needs of residents and staff within their communities. The RN-After Hours must possess and use good clinical judgement, careful listening, critical thinking, and escalate to appropriate personnel as needed.  

Position Functions and Responsibilities 

• Gather pertinent clinical information problem based on conversation with community caregiver 

• Uses clinical judgment, knowledge and experience to direct conversation and guide decision-making to give self-care advice, refer resident to provider, make an appointment, instruct resident contact emergency assistance, or dispatch appropriate community resource. 

• Provides resident care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act. 

• Caregiver in meeting nursing and related needs. 

• Provides health care instructions as appropriate per assessment and plan of care. 

• Provides education when appropriate. 

• Reassures the rapid and effective transmission of resident data between all relevant parties.   

• Promotes evidence-based practice. 

• Establishes and maintains strong collaborative arrangements with other health care professionals. 

• Participates in admission avoidance activities dispatching community resources as needed to prevent rehospitalizations. 

• Complete onboarding, orientation and annual mandatory training. 

• Ensure positive/professional communication on team. 

• Customer service resolution; escalate concerns. 

• Prepares clinical notes and updates primary provider when necessary. 

• Communicates with provider regarding the resident needs and reports any changes in the resident condition; obtains/receives orders as required. 

• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan. 

• Extremely skilled at listening and interpreting subtle indications such as tone of voice, hesitations or incomplete responses.  

• Inspires others and encourage them to seek advice and solutions to problems.   

• Challenges others to take an active part in developing knowledge, ideas and work practice. 

• Challenges tradition and accepts joint responsibility for any arising problems and tensions and uses these to inform future practice. 

• Makes effective use of appropriate learning opportunities for themselves and others and applies learning to practice. 

• Honors Resident Confidentiality, Rights, Privacy, and Reporting Maltreatment Expectations. 

• Understands and Accepts Residents’ Diagnosis. 

• Understands and accepts emotional needs of resident. 

• Accepts unique resident symptoms and behaviors. 

• Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act. 

• Adheres to Emergency Procedure and Response Expectations. 

• Identifies safety issues and notifies appropriate community resource.