Per diem Admissions/Team Nurse

We have been a trusted community resource since 1980. Our reputation has been built on consistency, responsiveness, and quality. As a non-profit, community-led agency, we are able to focus on providing quality care to patients and families when they need it most, rather than being driven by profit or financial demand.

The Admissions/Team Nurse provides coverage for Nurse Case Managers to cover patient/staffing needs and processes admissions for eligible hospice patients in coordination with Team Manager.

Schedule:

Per diem; 2 days a week or 6 shifts per month; 8:30am - 5:00pm

Office Location:

Pleasanton, CA

Location:

Alameda & Contra Costa Counties with occasional coverage to San Mateo County as needed

Hope Hospice follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

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

• Make in-person nursing visits to patients as assigned, or as indicated when case managing. 
• Use the nursing process to assess, plan, intervene and evaluate following patient/family needs and goals. 
• Provide effective management of symptoms, including prompt escalation to providers or others as indicated. 
• Coordinate patient/family services and prioritization of needs with the members of the transdisciplinary team or outside providers/services. 
• Make telephone contact and/or conduct assessment visits with potential hospice patients to provide information on agency services and assess patient status. 

Education/Experience:

• ASN or Bachelor’s degree in nursing from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Experience in acute care/ home health and/or hospice setting preferred.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

• Current license as a registered professional nurse in the State of California.
• Public Health Nursing certification highly desirable.
• HPNA certification preferred.

Pay Range:$58.34 - $72.95 hourly

Hope Hospice is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at Hope Hospice. 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.