Afterhours RN Nurse

$76,000-$80,000 salary range

Weekend Afterhours: Friday 5:00 PM - Monday 8:00 AM

Make a meaningful impact when patients and families need it most-as a Weekend Afterhours Hospice Registered Nurse with Amedisys.

Join Amedisys, one of the largest and most trusted home health and hospice organizations in the U.S., where compassion, flexibility, and purpose come together. In this unique weekend role, you'll provide critical oncall hospice support, bringing comfort, dignity, and expert care to patients in the place they call home.

• Performs initial nursing assessment on new admissions.

• Completes, coordinates and revises the total plan of care and maintains continuity of patient care by collaborating with appropriate staff.
• Regularly communicates patient progress to the clinical manager, physician and care team.
• Develops, prepares, and maintains individualized patient care progress records with accuracy, timeliness and according to care center policies.
• Records pain/symptom management changes/outcomes as appropriate.
• Educates families on patient condition, needs and care.
• Makes referrals to other hospice care disciplines as needed, or documents rationale for not doing so.
• Performs on-call responsibilities and on-call services to patients/families as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.