RN- Weekend Only Hospice Community
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Job Location:
Lowell, MA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10-08-2025
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Overview
The Hospice RN Community serves as support RN for the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and is responsible for the delivery of quality hospice nursing care for each patient position will not manage a case load.
Location: Lowell MA
Shift: Weekends Only- Saturday and Sunday *Ask us about our weekend differentials!*
Hours: 24 hours available: part time
Job Description
Minimum Qualifications:
1. Massachusetts RN Licensure.
2. New Hampshire RN Licensure.
3. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
4. One (1) year hospice and home health experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
1. Two (2) years of hospice and home health experience.
Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list. Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned.
- Provides hospice nursing care to patients and families utilizing current principles of palliative care and symptom management to produce hospice outcomes.
- Coordinates care in a cost-efficient manner.
- Collaborates effectively with other members of the Interdisciplinary Team.
- Utilizes nursing process and current standards of nursing practice in providing hospice care.
- Remains competent in technical nursing skills (i.e. IVs Gtubes etc.)
- Provides effective patient and family teaching.
- Communicates with physician and Tufts Medicine Care at Home staff regarding changes in patients condition.
- Understands family dynamics and works effectively within various types of family systems.
- Provides peers with support and mentoring if appropriate.
- Acts as a patient and family advocate. Provides information to families about all available resources.
- Accurately addresses need for additional services.
- Performs adequate number of nursing visits and on call/ triage necessary to provide superior hospice care under Tufts Medicine Care at Home standards.
- Communicates patient reports and status changes concisely and effectively.
- Updates Care Plan Medication Profile and HHA Treatment Plan routinely and as patient condition changes.
- Completes all nursing documentation per procedures and nursing standard of practice including assessments interventions responses to interventions communications verbal orders etc.
- Involves Clinical Manager and Medical Director in situations appropriately.
- Works with Clinical Manager to identify opportunities for improvement in performance and works to address them.
- Proactive in increasing knowledge of hospice care and standards of practice.
- Assists in hospice education in community.
Key Skills
- Catheter Care
- Nursing Home Experience
- Patient Care
- Communication skills
- Computer Skills
- Hospice Care
- Vital Signs Experience
- Case Management
- Home Care
- Medical Imaging
- Catheterization
- Cerner
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