Minimum Hiring Wage:
From $39.37 per hour
Job Details:
Scheduled hours: 12-hour evenings with variable day shifts. Weekend rotation.
Job Description:
Coordinates patient care with input from the hospice interdisciplinary team. Communicates with insurance companies for authorization and approval for hospice services initially and ongoing through the course of care. Evaluates patients for eligibility for three levels of hospice care- respite, residential, and general inpatient care. Documents patient care to support each level of care for regulatory and payment purposes. Supervises and assigns care to hospice aides and LPNs. Prepares agenda and coordinates hospice interdisciplinary team meetings. Monitors hospice inpatient building maintenance needs and security after office hours. Collaborates, communicates, provides psychosocial support and education to family members or significant others. Delivers care to patients utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation, and evaluation in coordination with other health team members. Effectively interacts with the patient, significant others, and other health team members while maintaining high standards of professional nursing. Provides high quality care to adult patients experiencing a life limiting illness deemed to be in the last six months of life.
Qualifications:
- Prefer Hospice and Palliative Care Nurse certification
- Prefer minimum of one year acute care hospital experience
- Registered Nurse licensed in the State of Iowa
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
Benefits:
We are excited to offer an aggressive compensation and benefits package for qualifying positions, which includes:
- Competitive base pay
- Matching retirement programs
- Health, Dental and Vision plans
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee discounts including car rental, cell-phone plans
- Employer-paid, Long-Term Disability, Life, and AD&D
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Education Assistance Program
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Referral Bonus Program
- Discounted cafeteria meals
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Service Recognition program
- Voluntary plans including: Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, Critical Illness, Accident, Insurance, and Hospital Indemnity
Great River Health and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.
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