Job Description
*Hospice Field Nurse*
Harmony Hospice and Northern Homecare are looking for compassionate and caring Registered Nurses to join our team of Hospice and Home Health providers. We provide high-quality one-on-one patient care, education, and guidance to our hospice and home health patient as well as their family/significant other. We strongly believe that continuity of care is important. This is the perfect position for the nurse that would like to explore another setting within the field of nursing. In-home health care, and in-home Hospice may be just what you’re looking for.
This position is a varied position focusing on Hospice Care and Home Health Visits. We are offering this position as full-time, part-time or PRN depending on applicant availability. Our service area includes Manistee, Benzie, Mason, and Oceana County. What areas are you interested in covering?
Requirements:
- Graduate of nursing school and currently holding a RN license.
- Previous Hospice Care experience, preferred
- Previous home health care experience, preferred
- Ability to communicate effectively and work as a part of an interdisciplinary team
- Strong ability to use critical thinking and deduction when performing job tasks and evaluating patient needs
- Ability to consistently connect with patients one-on-one
- Responsible, compassionate, and caring demeanor
Job Responsibilities:
- Providing services in accordance with the patient’s Plan of Care
- Performing initial evaluations, building Plan of Care, and regularly reevaluating patient’s nursing needs
- Initiating appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures
- Preparing clinical and progress notes for each patient visit via EMR
- Preparing summaries of care conferences on patients in a timely manner
- Informing Physician and Director of Clinical services of changes to patient’s condition and/or needs as appropriate
- Counseling the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs
- Supervising and teaching other nursing personnel and CNAs/HHAs
- Completing and submitting OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges, and significant change in condition
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, PRN Pay: Compensation is based on experience
Harmony Hospice and Northern Homecare is a part of a network of health providers, The Home Care Group, which have been providing health care services for nearly 35 years. We believe that care begins with our highly skilled staff. Located in Michigan and Indiana, our network offers the security and growth opportunities of a larger corporation without sacrificing the personal experience that gave us our start nearly 35 years ago.
Harmony Hospice supplied the following inclusive hiring information: We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, PRN
Expected hours: 5 – 40 per week
Benefits:
* Dental insurance
* Flexible schedule
* Health insurance
* Life insurance
* Paid time off
* Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
* Our service area includes Manistee County, Mason County, and Oceana County. What area are you interested in covering?
* This is a varied position focusing on Hospice but Home Health visits may be needed as well. Do you prefer Hospice and/or Home Health?
Experience:
* Nursing: 2 years (Required)
* Home health: 1 year (Preferred)
* Hospice: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
* RN License (Required)
* CPR Certification (Required)
Location:
* Mason County, MI (Preferred)
Ability to Commute:
* Mason County, MI (Required)
Willingness to travel:
* 100% (Required)
Work Location: On the road
Job Tags
Full time, Relief, Flexible hours,