So, you like working with a creative, dynamic team and making a difference? Sometimes the grass is greener!
The mission of First Call Hospice, a locally owned agency founded in 1993, is to provide individualized quality hospice care to meet the unique needs of patients with a limited life expectancy. The primary goal of First Call Hospice is to enhance the quality of life when the quantity of life is limited.
When you join First Call Hospice Team, we will
Offer an extensive orientation, tailored to your needs
Pay 100% of full time Employee Medical Benefits, and offer a number of different benefits including dental, vision, and life insurance
Have 401K available to all full-time employees with profit sharing
First Call Hospice is growing and looking for experienced, compassionate Registered Nurse (RN) to join our team!
JOB SUMMARY
The Registered Nurse (RN) plans, organizes and directs hospice care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.
Complete an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine hospice needs
Provide a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es)
Provide professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process
Assess and evaluates patient's status
Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis
Develop a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions
Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician's plan of care
Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing
Provide health care instructions to the patient per assessment and plan
Assist the patient with the activities of daily living
Facilitate the patient's efforts toward self-sufficiency and optional comfort care
Act as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Active CA RN License
Hospice experience preferred
Ability for prolonged or considerable walking or standing
Ability to lift, position, and/or transfer patients
Ability to lift supplies and equipment.
Ability for considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and/or crouching.
Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills
Maintains a current CPR certification
Why First Call?
First Call Hospice is part of the Cornerstone Group with close to 80 agencies throughout the country. While we are part of a large family, we operate as a local team. We understand we are nothing without great employees! It is through our team's dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the "provider of choice" in the community that we serve. Join a culture of high performers who are on a mission to create the best agency in the Greater Sacramento Area!
What makes us unique besides our culture of high performers and exceptional care? At First Call, we foster an environment where clinicians and staff members have an unprecedented level of freedom to create and implement the programs that will best serve their patients and communities. We operate with the Core Values of CAPLICO in mind:
Celebration
Accountability
Passion for Learning
Love One Another
Intelligent Risk Taking
Customer Second
Ownership
Pay: $50.00 - $60.00 per hou
The employer for this position is stated in the job posting. The Pennant Group, Inc. is a holding company of independent operating subsidiaries that provide healthcare services through home health and hospice agencies and senior living communities located throughout the US. Each of these businesses is operated by a separate, independent operating subsidiary that has its own management, employees and assets. More information about The Pennant Group, Inc. is available at http://www.pennantgroup.com.