On Call Triage Nurse - Hospice at Home Health & Hospice Care in Merrimack, New Hampshire

Job Description:

As the region’s leader in hospice and health care at home, we are committed to providing compassionate, high quality care with a positive patient experience.  We serve the community and our staff, ensuring a supportive, positive and inclusive environment, driven by our mission.

Are you an RN who has a passion for hospice care?  Maybe you have family obligations during the day and you are missing nursing, helping patients?  Do you think you could take patients calls, assess their clinical needs and if needed able to go out to their home during the hours from 5pm to 8am Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Thursdays?  While the majority of calls can be handled over the phone there are times when the patient will need to see you. Flexibility is needed as Initial training will be weekdays.  This position could be ideal for the right person!    

Preferred minimum qualifications include one to two years of nursing or triage, oncology, hospice, palliative care or med/surge experience.  We are willing to train!   Must be able to work independently, have excellent communication, strong clinical and assessment skills.  BSN preferred, will consider Associates RN with relevant experience. NH RN license and CPR certification required.  Netsmart formerly Allscripts EMR a plus!  

Let's have the conversation of how rewarding hospice can be and how you may be able to make a meaningful difference in our patient’s end stage of life care!

Experience

Preferred

• 1 - 2 years: oncology, palliative care, hospice, med/surg acute experience preferred

Education

Required

• Associates or better in Nursing

Preferred

• Bachelors or better in Nursing

Licenses & Certifications

Required

• CPR Certification


• Drivers License


• Registered Nurse

Skills

Required

• Active Listening


• Collect Information


• Collaborating/Collabratio


• Communication


• Compassion


• Computer


• Critical Thinking


• Dependable/Dependability


• Documentation


• Defining Problems


• Empathy


• Flexible/Flexiblity


• Give Feedback


• Integrity


• Interpersonal Skills


• Listening


• Optimism


• Patience


• Persuading


• Positive Attitude


• Problem Solving


• Teaching


• Understanding

Behaviors

Required

• Team Player: Works well as a member of a group


• Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Motivations

Required

• Self-Starter: Inspired to perform without outside help


• Flexibility: Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

Preferred

• Work-Life Balance: Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work

See job description

Apply Now