Hospice Critical Response Nurse (RN) - M-F

Job Summary: As a Critical Response Nurse in hospice, you will play a crucial role in managing and responding to urgent and critical situations that may arise in the care of patients nearing the end of life. This specialized nursing role involves a focus on providing rapid and expert interventions to address complex medical issues, manage symptoms, and support both the patient and their family during critical moments. Job Description: The Role: Hospice Critical Response Nurse (RN) The Opportunity: MaineGeneral Hospice and Home Health is looking for a Critical Response (RN) to cover our entire service area. If you have a passion for service excellence…we want to hear from you! Position highlights: This position requires you to be on call from 4:30 pm to 8:00 am. One week you will work Monday through Thursday, and the following week you will work Tuesday through Friday. The pay would be your standard hourly pay for 40 hours per week. No weekends What You'll Do: Plans, implements, and evaluates patient care plans based on patient assessment to optimize outcomes and maximize available resources. Monitors, records, and communicates patient condition as appropriate. Collaborates as needed across disciplines to coordinate patient care, including patient transfer, discharge, referral, and spiritual/psychosocial support needs. Evaluates the learning needs of the patient and/or family and provides the patient/family education appropriate to age, culture, condition, and circumstances. Effectively delegates patient care to ancillary personnel. May precept student nurses and new hires. Operates a motor vehicle to conduct MaineGeneral Health business. Your Qualifications: Possess a current State of Maine RN or LPN license or the ability to obtain one promptly Strong communication and critical thinking skills are essential for this role. Valid Maine state driver’s license with acceptable driving record as defined by MGH policy required. At least one year of hospice experience is preferred. Why Choose MaineGeneral: Exciting Shift Differentials: Potential to earn up to an additional $7/hr. for specific shifts. Access comprehensive wellness benefits, including health, dental, vision, and more. Benefit from employee discounts, generous parental leave, and ample earned time off. Retirement planning with up to 4% company contributions. Potential student loan reimbursement Embrace growth opportunities within our organization Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40 Scheduled Work Shift: Job Exempt: No Benefits Supporting all aspects of our employees’ wellness – physical, emotional and financial – is a critical component of being a great place to work. With the wide range of benefits and programs available, employees have the resources they need to be well at every stage of life and plan for the future. Physical Wellness: We offer quality health, dental, and vision benefits and wellness programs and resources to provide employees access to resources for a healthy lifestyle and help manage health care costs. Employees have access to industry-leading leave for new parents. A generous earned time plan is offered to all employees - We believe employees need and deserve time away from work to observe holidays, be with family, go on vacation, or simply take care of themselves. Emotional Wellness: When life gets challenging, employees have access to our Employee Assistance Program for employees and anyone in their household. Financial Wellness: An employee discount program is available to all employees for services provided by MaineGeneral Medical Center. Loan Reimbursement is available for this position dependent upon current degree level. Please discuss benefit with the recruiter. Tuition Reimbursement is available to all employees to further develop skills and career. We offer eligible employees up to 2% of eligible pay in 403(b) company-matching contributions plus another 2% in the 401(a) retirement income plan. Three insurance plans are available to protect your family from the sudden loss of income in the event of your death, terminal illness or serious injury from accident. We offer both short-term and long-term disability insurance to replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and cannot work for a period of time. Career Mobility: Helping our employees develop their skills and grow their careers is critical to how we retain our talent and sustain our business. We do this by offering our teammates a variety of leadership-supported programs and learning and development resources for every stage of their professional development. We know that our employees are our most valuable resource they are how we grow our business and care for our community. Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 . Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/Vet/Disability: In furtherance of MaineGeneral's policy regarding Equal Employment Opportunity, MaineGeneral has developed a written Affirmative Action Program which sets forth the policies, practices and procedures that MaineGeneral is committed to in order to ensure that its policy of nondiscrimination and affirmative action is accomplished. The Affirmative Action Plan for Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities is available for inspection by any employee or candidate for employment upon request, during normal business hours, in the Human Resources Department. Assistive technologies are available. Application assistance for those requesting reasonable accommodation to the career site is available by contacting HR at (207) 861-3440 . EEO is Law