Per diem Hospice Triage Nurse - Remote - MUST HAVE CA RN LICENSE

• Mission Hospice & Home Care serves patients and families in the San Francisco Peninsula and South Bay with quality care and compassionate end-of-life support and education.
• Founded in 1979, we are a local, independent nonprofit that has provided thousands of patients and their families with physical, emotional, and spiritual support throughout the journey from a life-threatening diagnosis through death and bereavement.
• The Hospice Triage RN will receive phone calls from Hospice patients and families.
• They will assess the needs of the patient and family, and coordinate the needed care and/or scheduling of home visits as needed.
• The triage nurse will collaborate with the transdisciplinary team members and facilitate communication among the transdisciplinary team, Hospice, and the patient’s Attending Physician.

Schedule

• Per diem; 4 shifts per month; 4:00pm - 12:30am
• Location: Remote Mission Hospice & Home Care follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to)

• Receives phone calls from hospice patients and families Assesses the needs of the patients and families to coordinate needed care over the phone and scheduling visits as needed Managing patients’ pain and symptoms pursuant to physicians’ orders; obtaining changes in orders as need and updating the patient’s plan of care and medication list accordingly Assessing the patient and family’s needs for home visits, contacting the appropriate clinicians to schedule the visit, and notifying the patient and family of expected visit times
• Education/Experience: Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited nursing program Minimum of three (3) years of experience as a professional nurse within the last five (5) years At least one (1) year of hospice or palliative care experience Experience working effectively with an interdisciplinary group
• Certificates,
• Licenses,
• Registrations:
• California
• RN license
• CHPN certification
• Pay
• Range: $51.40 - $64.30 hourly Mission Hospice and Home Care is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at MHHC. Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.