Certified Hospice RN, CHPN Tele-Triage
Resume:
Helen Kennedy
Barton, VT *****
*********************@***********.***
Professional Summary
Completed working full time providing on call from every Friday 5 pm through Monday morning for nationally known Hospice agency on the cape in Massachusetts since October 14, 2025 to through June 30, 2025 by contract.
As a 42 year career RN performing field work and remote Hospice Triage evenings AND OF RECENT CHPN CERTIFICATION OBTAINED 9/22/2023, my professional clinical interest to work with the adult and aging population in the community remains strong and ongoing holding employment currently as a travel nurse as an on call Hospice nurse covering weekends From Friday to Monday morning responding to urgent and emergent calls associated with sx management, deaths med management. I remain very interested in RNCM POSITION in HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE INCLUDING PALLIATIVE CARE. MY RESUME IS EXTENSIVE AND WOULD BE WILLING TO FAX OR EMAIL AND DISCUSS OPPORTUNITIES WHERE MY SKILLSET WOULD FIT TO HELP MEET THE TEAM NEEDS. PLEASE REACH OUT TO CONTACT ME 802-***-**** or 802-***-**** or email: ******************@*****.*** anytime. Thank you. Helen Kennedy, RN. I’M CURRENTLY LICENSED IN VT AND MASSACHUSETTS AND WOULD BE WILLING TO RENEW TO COVER ALL STATES IN NEW ENGLAND.
Work Experience
Hospice Nurse
VNACARE HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE-Worcester, MA
February 2021 to July 2024
Full Time as a HOSPICE PHONE TRIAGE nurse AND FIELD NURSE conducting in home hospice visits providing assessments, admissions for routine and GIP levels of care, medication management, on call response to urgent changes and needs including transition and active dying processes and education for SX management for EOL support, care and comfort working in a team environment including MSW, Spiritual counseling, HHA support. Additionally, provided telephonic TRIAGE support working as a triage nurse Monday through Friday 4pm-8pm. CHPN CERTIFICATION OBTAINED 9/2023 in good standing through 9/2027.
Hospice RN Case Manager
VNA OF NH AND VT-White River Junction, VT
April 2020 to July 2020
Full time position as a travel nurse as a Home Health Hospice RN case manager. Clinical documentation utilizing. McKesson software.
Hospice RN Case Manager
CHANS Home Health and Hospice-Brunswick, ME
November 2019 to March 2020
Full time travel assignment as HOSPICE RN case manager with documentation utilizing Healthwyse/ Mobilwyse software.
Hospice RN Case Manager
Maine Health Care At Home-Saco, ME
May 2019 to November 2019
Travel assignment working full time as RN Home Health CaseManager M-F and monthly weekend coverage/on- call commencing May 28, 2019 to November 4, 2019. Epic software for EMR documentation. Full time RN HomeHealth CaseManager M-F seeing 25-30 patients a week or 5-6 per day and one weekend per month and on call rotation.
Hospice RN Case Manager
Central Vermont Home Health & Hospice-Barre, VT
November 2018 to March 2019
Travel Assignment as a full time Visiting RN, Tuesday through Saturday commencing November 26, 2018 through February 9, 2019. McKesson software for EMR. Oasis D1 training completed. Education
Nursing (Associate Degree in Nursing)
Greater Hartford Community College-Hartford, CT
September 1981 to June 1983
Associate's degree
Skills
• Medical terminology
• Dementia care
• Hospice Care
• Phone triage
• Telehealth
• Microsoft Excel
• Typing
• Case Management
• RN experience
• Epic
• Oncology
• End-of-life care
• Assisted living
• Hospice
• Utilization review
• Motivational interviewing
• Medical documentation
• Anatomy knowledge
• Clinic experience
• Time management
• Patient interaction
• Home & community care
• Home health
• McKesson
• Hospital Experience
• Emergency medicine
• Cerner
• Organizational skills
• Administrative experience
• EMR Systems
• Medical records
• Patient monitoring
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Home health agency experience
• EMR/EHR
• Analysis skills
• CHPN CERTIFICATION
• HIPAA
• Patient Care
• Supervising experience
• Computer skills
• Medical-surgical
• Microsoft Outlook
• Triage
• Microsoft Word
• Care coordination
• Customer service
• Care plans
• ER
• Senior care
• Writing skills
• ICD-10
• Communication skills
• Clinical documentation
• Teaching
• Critical Care Experience
• Leadership
• Physiology knowledge
• Electronic health records (EHR) management
• Documentation Review
• Geriatrics
Languages
• English
Certifications and Licenses
CHPN
September 2023 to Present
RN License
CPR Certification
BLS Certification
Compact State Nurse License
August 2025 to November 2027
Multi state compact license through State of Vermont Driver's License
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