Travel Nurse RN - Hospice
Colchester, VT
Prime Staffing
4x10 hrs, Days

Facility Name: UVMHN Home Health Hospice


Minimum # Years Clinical Experience Required: 3-5 Minimum # Years 
Required: BLS Certifications 

Preferred: Note any others Nurse Patient Ratio by shift: Nurses in home setting carry caseloads of 12-14 patients. 
At MMRH day nurses care for 5-7 patients (all levels of care) and overnights shift up to 11. 
Ancillary Assistance: CNA/ PCT: ☒ Y ☐ N 
Patient Care Modality: Hospice/End of Life-Complex symptom management and education 
 
Documentation System: Net Smart (part of orientation training) 
* Oasis is not required for Hospice (just HH)  
Scheduling: MMRH: 7-7:30 (12 hrs.) 8a-4:30 M-F home hospice W/E rot Shift Hours: will post 
Rotation Schedule: MMRH-1 weekend shift/pay
Rotation home hospice Self-Scheduling no 

Call Requirements: coverage rarely needed but could cover on call team 
Holiday Requirements: if needed Patient Population (Diagnoses): Terminally ill (6 moth or less) - 
Age Range: adults primarily-at times pediatrics in home setting 
Special Equipment: CADD pumps for patient-controlled analgesia, joey, feeding pumps, gomco suction pumps, portable oral suction units, BiPap, CPAP, cough assist machines, nebulizer machines, IV pumps for continuous infusions, glucose monitoring, COAGUCHECK for INR monitoring, laptops, and agency issued work phone issued.

Unit Specific Procedures and Protocols: Pain management, starting pain continuous infusion, subcutaneous site insertion and maintenance central line care including PORT/IVAD, PICC, and other central lines, Palliative sedation, tracheostomy management and care, rectal tube management, wound care protocol, ostomy and other drain management, venipuncture for labs/specimens. 

Additional Unit Specific Information: End of life care assessment and care planning requiring strong comprehensive assessment skills. Symptom assessment and management with high level of critical thinking skills. Comfort initiating and participating in goals of care discussions and planning with patients, family, and team. Medication management and administration (IV, Subcutaneous, oral, sub-lingual, rectal, and other routes. Strong communication skills and ability to teach patients and caregivers aspects of end-of-life care. Generally, a traveler case manager is assigned a geographic area, not full territory. When they cover a weekend rotation-they would be expected to make visits throughout our service area- Chittenden & Grand Isle Countries. We have had travelers that float. Manager will post/express a need and be clear about expectations if outside of our norm. Strict protocol in place with following guidelines with use of app to call patients/families.