Registered Nurse- Hospice Residence- Jackson - Full Time (Midnight Shift)
GENERAL SUMMARY
The Registered Nurse - Hospice provides comprehensive, convenient, and high-quality Hospice services to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual, and social needs of adult and geriatric patients with limited life expectancy. $10,000 Sign on bonus for new RNs joining Henry Ford Health.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Coordinates patient/family care, across disciplines and other members of the IDT to ensure the physical, emotional, spiritual and social needs of the patient/family are met. This will be accomplished with quality and efficiency in mind.
2. Provides direct nursing care in the place of residence to adult and geriatric patient populations ensuring implementation of nursing processes and professional standards of care.
3. Maintains a safe and risk-free environment for patients, their families/significant others, and other staff.
4. Participates in agency and system-wide continuous quality improvement activities to improve performance and patient outcomes.
5. Recognizes the importance of building partnerships with all members of the health care team and exhibits behavior that supports the Standards of Service Excellence, including teamwork, professionalism, and respect for diversity.
6. Demonstrates personal accountability for own continuous growth and development and seeks out appropriate learning opportunities to enhance competency and improve performance.
7. Creates a caring experience for both internal and external customers; is courteous and respectful, anticipates and responds to customer needs; and give high priority to customer satisfaction.
8. Collaborates with supervisor to develop and implement policies, procedures, quality improvement activities, reporting, training, and education to ensure organization wide compliance with legal, ethical, contractual, and/or regulatory standards (i.e., JCAHO, HCFA, OIG, Corporate Compliance, MIOSHA, etc.)
9. Recognizes the importance of orienting members of the health care team and exhibits behaviors that promote a positive learning experience for the orientee
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Minimum Education -Associate’s degree in Nursing (ADN)
- Minimum Work Experience -Minimum of one year nursing experience.
- Required Licenses/Certifications
- 1.Current Michigan Registered Nurse license
- 2.Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
- 3.Valid Michigan Driver’s license.
- 4.Dependable automobile insured according to o State of Michigan requirements.
Required Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
- 1. Effective written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills via phone and face-to-face.
- 2. Ability to problem-solve and excellent critical thinking skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- 1.Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN).
- 2.Previous nursing experience in Hospice or Home Health setting.
Must meet or exceed core customer service responsibilities, standards and behaviors as outlined in the HFHS’ Customer Service Policy and summarized below:
- Communication
- Ownership
- Understanding
- Motivation
- Sensitivity
- Excellence
- Teamwork
- Respect
Must practice the customer skills as provided through on-going training and in-services. Must possess the following personal qualities:
- Be self-directed
- Be flexible and committed to the team concept
- Demonstrate teamwork, initiative and willingness to learn
- Be open to new learning experiences
- Accepts and respects diversity without judgment
- Demonstrates customer service values
- PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:
- General Activity
- Stand/Walk - 6-8 Hours
- Sit - 1-2 Hours
- Drive - 1-2 Hours
- Motion
- Bend - Up to 1/3 of time
- Squat - Up to 1/3 of time
- Reach - Up to 1/3 of time
- Lift - Up to 1/3 of time
Mental and Emotional Requirements
- Handles multiple priorities
- Independent discretion/decision making
- Makes decisions under pressure
- Manages anger/fear/hostility
- Manages stress appropriately
- Works alone effectively
- Works in close proximity to others and/or in a distracting environment
- Works with others effectively
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.
Benefits
The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.