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As compassionate professionals, Per Diem Registered Nurses (RNs) at Helios Care provide skilled nursing care to patients facing serious, life-limiting illnesses while working collaboratively with the patient’s provider and the hospice interdisciplinary team. In this flexible per diem role, the RN supports comfort, dignity, and quality of life through compassionate, patient-centered care. Responsibilities include providing skilled nursing services; educating families and caregivers on symptom recognition, symptom management, and what to expect throughout the care journey; while offering emotional and practical support to both patients and their loved ones. Helios Care Per Diem RNs have meaningful one-on-one time with patients, delivering exceptional care and creating a lasting positive impact for those they serve.
Per Diem
Pay Rate: $39.00 – $44.00 per hour
Requirements:
▪ Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
▪ One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
▪ Current professional licensure in New York State, and valid driver’s license with driving
record which meets standards outlined in Policy: Qualifications of Hospice Personnel.
▪ Bachelor’s degree, with one year of home health care experience. Registered nurses
with less than a Bachelors degree will be considered based on previous experience.
▪ Management experience not required but supervisory skills preferred.
▪ Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills,
basic math skills, nursing skills per competency checklist.
▪ Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position and/or transfer
patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching stooping, bending,
kneeling and/or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
*Helios Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Send your letter of intent and resume by mail:
Ron Brooke, Director of Human Resources
Helios Care
297 River Street Service Road, Suite 1
Oneonta, NY 13820
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