Cedar Valley Hospice is the premier hospice agency serving 15 counties with offices in Waterloo, Grundy Center, Independence, and Waverly. At Cedar Valley Hospice, you will work with the best clinicians, nurses, and management team, learning highly regarded practices to achieve optimum outcomes for our patients and their families. As a not-for-profit hospice, we believe “compassionate care” is not just a phrase spoken, but rather a way of living and working every day to help support patients and their families. Our mission exemplifies the organization's focus on providing the best care possible for patients at home or wherever they reside.
We are currently seeking a highly qualified and compassionate Hospice Nurse (RN) to join our well-respected Grundy Center office team. This is a Full Time (1.0 FTE) position, Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm. Cedar Valley Hospice offers flexible work arrangements to work around the needs of your family! Four 10-hour days and adjusted work hours are available. This position requires an average of 1-2 weekends per year and 1-2 weeknights per month of on-call coverage. A holiday on-call rotation is also required.
Cedar Valley Hospice provides an excellent benefit package including: a family-friendly work environment, generous paid time off, and quality benefit options including a 401k plan. Cedar Valley Hospice offers up to $2,500 of relocation reimbursement for those moving 60 miles or more. We are a Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer.
Responsibilities
- Provide ongoing assessment of the physical, emotional, and mental statuses of patients/families.
- Provide direct nursing care in compliance with physician’s orders to assigned patients/families.
- Monitor patients for changes in condition and update medication list and plan of care to reflect changes.
- Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and participate in developing and updating the patients’ plans of care.
Qualifications
Required:
- Current Iowa state RN license.
- Positive attitude and team player.
- Demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
- Basic computer skills with the ability to learn work-related software and have basic typing skills.
- Current Iowa driver’s license, reliable vehicle, and car insurance.
Preferred:
- Bachelor’s degree in nursing (BSN).
- 2 years of recent experience as a nurse in a related field.
- 1 year of experience in hospice or home care nursing.
- Experience working in a team environment.
Physical/Other Requirements
- Ability to move 50lbs with or without accommodation.
- In an 8-hour day, employee may remain in a stationary position 1-5 hours and move about inside CVH site offices/locations, meeting spaces, patient residences, and healthcare facility locations 3-7 hours (or vice versa).
- Employment at Cedar Valley Hospice requires being fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (Boosters are not required) OR have an approved request for reasonable accommodations for a medical, pregnancy, or religious reason, by the start date.
- Pre-employment/post-offer physical, TB, and drug screen required.
If you are ready to make a positive difference in the lives of families and work passionately for an award-winning employer, apply today! Interested applicants should apply online at www.cvhospice.org.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: Cedar Valley Hospice is an equal opportunity employer. Cedar Valley Hospice prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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