RN Hospice Full-time
Agape Care Group

Registered Nurse (RN) Night Shift

Overview

 

Join the Team as a Registered Nurse (RN) at our Lexington Community Hospice House!

 

Full-Time Night Shift (7pm-7am)


Do you value the time you spend with your patients? Is it important to you that your patients and their families know and feel that you are with them?

 

We are looking for registered nurses who are committed to creating meaningful patient experiences. As a registered nurse on our team, you’ll evaluate patients and create care plans, all while communicating with everyone involved — the patient, the patient’s family, and the care team. You’ll serve as the driver of our care team to ensure every patient receives quality care.

 

And just like all of our team members, our RNs have access to our supportive leadership team and professional development opportunities with plenty of room for advancement.

 

We’re Offering Even More Great Benefits When You Join Our Team!

Tuition ReimbursementInstant Paid VacationAnnual Merit IncreasesPet Insurance

Financial and Legal AssistanceMental Health BenefitFertility Assistance ProgramDisability Benefit

  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Immediate Access to Paid Time Off
  • Employee Referral Program Bonus Eligibility
  • Matching 401K
  • Annual Merit Increases
  • Years of Service Award Bonuses
  • Financial and Legal Assistance Program
  • Mental Health and Counseling Programs
  • Dental and Orthodontic Coverage
  • Vision Insurance
  • Health Care with Low Premiums
  • $500 Matching Health Savings Account
  • Short-term and Long-term Disability
  • Access to Virtual Health & Wellness
  • Fertility Assistance Program

Our Company Mission
Our mission is to serve with love, providing comfort and support through compassionate care and meaningful experiences. For our team members, these aren’t empty words. In every interaction, no matter how big or small, we’re dedicated to providing a superior experience for patients facing life-limiting illnesses and their families.

 

 

About Agape Care Group
As a regional leader in hospice and palliative care, Agape Care Group proudly serves patients through its family of care providers — Agape Care South Carolina, Georgia Hospice Care, Hospice of the Carolina Foothills in North Carolina, and ACG Hospice in Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Virginia. The company’s employees are committed to serving with love those touched by an advanced illness, providing comfort and support through compassionate care and meaningful experiences. At any location within our company, you'll find a career that means something. You'll not only have the opportunity to use your skills to make a real difference, but you'll also be part of an inclusive, respectful work environment filled with peers who have answered the call to care for others.


Essential Functions

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Qualifications

  • A heart to serve patients and families and a passion for providing the best possible care
  • Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a current state license as a registered nurse
  • Experience: 2+ years of nursing experience in a clinical care setting (hospice experience preferred)
  • Required: Reliable transportation. Ability to sit, stand, bend, move intermittently and lift at least 80-100 lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively.

We’ve worked hard to build a caring culture of integrity, communication, diversity and positive experiences, and we’d love for you to join our team.

 

*Pay is determined by years of experience and location.

 

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Minimum Qualifications Minimum Education: Bachelors of Science in Nursing Minimum Years of Experience: 2 Years of experience in areas of specialty within the past 5 years Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): Consideration will be given to those with an ADN or Diploma nursing degree who are presently enrolled in a RN to BS in Nursing or RN to MS in nursing program with the expectation that the degree be completed within 12 months of hire/promotion into the Clinical Coordinator role. Required Certifications/Licensure: National nursing certification in specialty at time of hire/promotion or must obtain within 6 months of hire/promotion into role; Current RN license to practice in the State of South Carolina; **Refer to Mandatory Certification Requirements P&P for required education/certification for various nursing specialties. Required Training: None. Essential Functions Establishes positive rapport with patient and family. Promotes patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; provides education to patient, and family in a manner they can understand their condition, medications, and self-care skills, etc. and provides them ample opportunity to ask questions. Serves as patient/family advocate. Maintains continuity among nursing teams by documenting accurately and timely; communicating actions, irregularities, and on-going needs. Uses a systematic critical-thinking approach to guide data gathering, assessment, nursing judgement, intervention and evaluation of human responses to actual and potential health problems. Identifies, synthesizes, and interprets sources of data using reasonable clinical judgement to respond to dynamic situations in a timely and effective manner. Maintains patient confidence and protects operations by keeping information confidential. Uses ethical decision making processes and advocates for acceptable patient outcomes. Assures quality of care by adhering to therapeutic standards; measuring health outcomes against patient care goals and standards; making or recommending necessary adjustments; following hospital and nursing division's philosophies and standards of care set by state board of nursing, state nurse practice act, and other governing agency regulations. Resolves patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies. Participates in process/performance improvement activities and initiatives utilizing evidence based practice to maintain and/or improve quality of care and safe patient care systems and processes. Maintains safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations; calling for assistance from health care support personnel. Protects patients and employees by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and controlled substance regulations. Documents all patient care activities accurately and timely. Provides safe, appropriate, quality of care and support to patients and family members. Holds team members accountable for standards of care, policy and procedures, bedside reporting, etc. Serves as a teacher, coach and mentor to staff. Contributes to the development and revision of unit standards. Efficient conflict resolution and problem solving skills. Serves as staff leader related to process/performance improvement activities/initiatives utilizing evidence based practice to maintain and/or improve quality of care and safe patient care systems and processes. Duties & Responsibilities Fosters interdisciplinary communication and collaboration. Supports shared governance activities by serving on a unit or hospital based committee. Positive rapport with health care team and demonstrates strong collaboration skills. Collaborates with instructors from affiliating agencies to assure continuity of patient care as well as positive learning experiences for students. Provides feedback and insight regarding unit operations and employee performance to the Nurse Manager. Serves as a resource and role model to all members of the patient care team for patient care and professionalism. Recognizes and responds appropriately to complex situations. Participates in and provides input for patient care conferences and discharge planning conferences. Coordinates timely patient throughput (admissions, discharges, transfers) and facilitates smooth transitions of care throughout hospitalization. Negotiates for nursing resources to adequately meet the patient care needs. Ensures patient care assignments are based on acuity of patients and skill level of nurse. Ensures operation of equipment by completing preventive maintenance requirements; following manufacturer's instructions; troubleshooting malfunctions; calling for repairs; maintaining equipment inventories; evaluating new equipment and techniques. Appropriately utilizes all nursing supplies and equipment. Demonstrates effective teamwork skills and maintains a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; responding to requests; building rapport; participating in team problem-solving methods. Promptly responds to all communication devices in order to meet patient needs. Assists in performing and documenting environmental checks as required by LMC policy and regulatory agencies. Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies. Maintains required certifications. Earns a minimum of 20 hours of continuing education annually within specialty. L&D Only: A nurse must have documented competency and completion of department orientation to complete a medical screening exam (EMTALA). Nurses will have 3 consecutive medical screenings reviewed and signed off by their preceptor prior to independently completing screenings. Ensure Hazardous Waste or Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals are discarded, stored, and managed with other compatible waste streams in containers that are properly labeled and closed prior to being shipped offsite for proper disposal. Initial RCRA training is received within 6 months of the hire date and continuing with annual RCRA training. Performs all other duties as assigned. We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families: Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs) Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%. Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary Adoption assistance LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment Tuition reimbursement Student loan forgiveness Equal Opportunity EmployerIt is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.