Description

American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for a Home Hospice position on the Supportive Care Team (SCT) serving the Green Bay and Oshkosh markets, requiring a minimum of 2 years of home health or home hospice experience and an active WI or compact RN license.

Details

• Home hospice setting — RN will travel to patients' homes across assigned territory in the Green Bay and Oshkosh markets
• Territory coverage includes communities across Green Bay (e.g., De Pere, Pulaski, Kewaunee, Algoma) and Oshkosh (e.g., Appleton, Neenah, Oshkosh, Winneconne) regions
• Patient population includes those with failure to thrive, advanced cancers, end-stage COPD, end-stage disease processes, and terminal illness
• Visits include after-hours PRN visits for symptom management, falls, and death visits; some issues may be resolved by phone
• Patient caseload ranges from 0–6 patients per shift, depending on call-ins
• 12-hour day shifts, 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
• 36 hours per week on a weekend-only schedule
• Every-other-weekend rotation
• No on-call requirements
• EMR: Epic (Rover); Epic experience preferred
• Equipment includes Sapphire IV pump (rarely encountered in the home setting)

Requirements

• Active WI RN license or compact RN license currently in hand
• Current BLS certification required
• Minimum 2 years of home health or home hospice experience required
• Valid driver's license, personal vehicle, and active auto insurance required
• Comfortable performing focused assessments, critical thinking, and clinical problem-solving in an independent home setting
• Skills required include foley catheter exchange, feeding tube troubleshooting, wound care, post-fall assessment, narcotic medication administration, and identification of potential drug diversion
• Comfortable conducting death visits and communicating with medical examiners or coroners
• Minimum 1 professional reference from a Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Charge RN collected within the past year required for consideration
• Candidate's middle name or initial, date of birth, and last 4 digits of SSN required for consideration

Additional Information

• Responsibilities include conducting in-home patient assessments, managing symptoms, responding to after-hours triage calls, and providing end-of-life care
• Lead RN is available 24/7 for support; RNs are expected to update the Lead RN after visits and provide report
• Other SCT members are accessible by phone for additional support
• Orientation includes new employee onboarding at the territory office followed by 3 shifts (approximately 1 week) with an experienced SCT nurse
• May occasionally float slightly outside assigned territory when closer to an incoming call; never more than one hour from home territory
• Required to work one summer and one winter holiday; Fourth of July coverage is specifically required
• RTO requests must be approved by the manager
• Scrub color: Navy blue
• Free parking available
• First-time travelers with case management experience in the home setting will be considered
• Local candidates are accepted
• Former employees of Advocate Health or any of its subsidiaries must have been separated for at least 12 months before being eligible