RN- Weekend Support - West Region

FT/PT/PRN: Full time

Shift: Friday, Saturday and Sunday 8AM to 8PM

Location: Serves Macon, Jackson, Clay, Swain, Graham, and Cherokee counties

Position summary

Providers nursing coverage to patients/families/community partners via phone & in person visits, including admission to hospice services, as needed.

Essential duties & responsibilities

• Practice within the scope of license, certification or registration, where applicable, and as required by law and regulation
• Serve as first responder for symptom-based calls from current patients after normal office hours
• Provide guidance to patients and families as needed or communicate need for case manager or designee follow up promptly
• Participate in implementation and coordination of patient’s hospice care
• Assist with emergency admissions
• Assess the patient's physical and mental health including the patient's reaction to illnesses and treatment regimens.
• Record and report the results of the nursing assessment.
• Plan, initiate, deliver, and evaluate appropriate nursing acts.
• Teach, assign, delegate to or supervise other personnel in implementing the treatment regimen.
• Collaborate with other health care providers in determining the appropriate patient and family-centered plan.
• Implement the treatment and pharmaceutical regimen prescribed by any person authorized by State law to prescribe the regimen.
• Provide teaching and counseling about the patient's health.
• Report and record the plan for care, nursing care given, and the patient's response to that care.
• Supervising, teaching, and evaluating those who perform or are preparing to perform nursing functions and administering nursing programs and nursing services.
• Providing for the maintenance of safe and effective nursing care, whether rendered directly or indirectly.

Knowledge, skills & abilities

• Must be willing and able to care for patients with infectious disease processes unless approved accommodations
• Knowledge of Federal, State and Local regulations and Medicare Conditions of Participation
• Knowledge of HIPAA privacy rules and regulations
• Knowledge of electronic medical records systems
• Demonstrate basic data entry skills
• Demonstrate excellent organization skills
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
• Ability to take initiative and utilize innovative techniques and ingenuity
• Ability to interact with various departments throughout the organization
• Ability to work flexible hours, if needed
• Ability to participate as a team player to coordinate projects
• Ability to plan, prioritize and coordinate multiple projects
• Demonstrate skill/expertise in pain and symptom management
• Demonstrate ability to effectively collaborate and facilitate the work of a group
• Demonstrate understanding of reimbursement, regulatory requirements, and Medicare Conditions of Participation

Minimum qualifications

Experience

• Two years of clinical experience preferred

Licensures & Certifications

• (if applicable)
• Valid NC RN license
• Valid Driver’s License and proof of automobile insurance

Summary of physical requirements

• Walking, standing, sitting, bending, reaching, twisting, crouching/squatting, kneeling
• Flexion/Extension of arms/wrist
• Hand dexterity to include gripping, pushing/pulling and writing
• Lifting/carrying of 50 lbs. often

Intent & function

• All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included.
• Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded.
• Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the duties of the position.
• In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive.
• Additional functions and requirements may be assigned as deemed appropriate.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals.

• Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-Will employer.
• Works to achieve performance goals, pursues progress toward individual development plan (IDP) and demonstrates Four Seasons values and competencies
• Participate in department and staff meeting as required
• Participate in ongoing education and training offered by the agency and/or required by nursing supervisor as part of individual education plan of RN
• Comply with company policies, procedures, guidelines, and Mission Statement
• Practice safety and infection control methods
• Assist in providing 24 hour on-call services
• Assess for the need of other disciplines
• Perform other but similar duties as assigned Supervising, teaching, and evaluating those who perform or are preparing to perform nursing functions and administering nursing programs and nursing services.