Job description

RN for Inpatient Unit Sign on Bonus PLUS
NEW RETENTION BONUS PROGRAM
2 positions available 7 am to 7 pm 3 days a week
1 position available 7p-7a (shift diff pay for nights)

Do you want a short term job that pays more than it should for a short period of time? Or, do you want a longtime career where you can honestly make a difference with families that will never forget how you helped them and will remember your caring efforts for the rest of their lives. A career you can be proud of and where they will take care of you for years?
Center for Hospice Care (CHC) provides a wonderful environment to apply your skills while having a meaningful impact on your community. Since 1980, Center for Hospice Care has been Northern Indiana's premier end-of-life provider, having served nearly 43,000 patients and families throughout our nine-county service area.

BENEFITS:

• Employer supplemented group health insurance which includes an annual on-site wellness screening; wellness and healthy lifestyle discounts; also includes $500 annual contribution to Health Savings Account
• Student Loan Forgiveness through PSLF
• Wellness Benefit - Many routine testing, exams, and immunizations are covered 100%.
• Health Savings Account - CHC contributes up to $500 per year at the beginning of the year.
• Disability Benefits
• Flexible Spending Account - Able to deduct up to $2,000 (pre-tax) each calendar year for reimbursement of uninsured medical, dental, or visions expenses
• Healthy lifestyle reimbursement program – Reimbursement for items such as gym memberships, spin classes, yoga classes, etc.
• Generous retirement match…After 90 days of employment, CHC matches 25% of employee contributions up to a maximum annual match of $4,000; 100% vesting
• Employer-paid life and AD&D insurance at 1x annual salary
• Employer-paid long-term disability insurance
• Employee Peer Recognition program
• Annual anniversary/retention bonus - Upon completion of each year of employment, CHC will give $100 per year with a maximum of $1,000
• Accrued Vacation

Job Description:
⦁ Performs an initial and ongoing comprehensive assessment of the patient's and family's physical, psychosocial, environmental, safety and spiritual needs.
⦁ Develops an individualized plan of care based on a comprehensive assessment in conjunction with the patient's and family's goals.
⦁ Prepares, administers, and supervises holistic patient care.
⦁ Assesses all aspects of the patients' pain and comfort, developing and implementing an individualized pain management plan, in collaboration with the hospice medical staff.
⦁ Consults and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team (IDT) and other agencies involved in the patient's care.
⦁ Supports the patient, family, and caregiver in medical decision making and unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.
⦁ Performs admissions as assigned.
⦁ Communicates appropriate information and participates at IDT meeting, as needed.
⦁ Demonstrates proper body mechanics when performing patient care, utilizing appropriate techniques to accomplish tasks.
⦁ Accurately records and reports pertinent facts and observations regarding patients.
⦁ Communicates appropriate information during shift change.
⦁ Helps to provide continuity of care between team members by ensuring verbal and written reports are clear, concise, and timely.
⦁ Documents any and all teaching in patient record.
⦁ Teaches patient self-care.
⦁ Teaches those parts of patient care appropriate for each family to provide.
⦁ Assists the patient's family with understanding the illness, plan of care, and needs of the patient.
⦁ Assists the patient's family, or ECF staff, with understanding the illness, the dying process, plan of care, and needs of the patient.
⦁ Teaches the patient and family their rights regarding hospice care and benefits.
⦁ Serves as preceptor/mentor to other staff nurses and Aides.
⦁ Committed to Agency resolution against fraud and abuse.
⦁ Knowledgeable in hospice philosophy and state and federal rules and regulations.
⦁ Arrives to work and meetings on time and ready to work.
⦁ Respects confidentiality of patients/families and other Agency employees.
⦁ Attends educational meetings/conferences for professional growth as required.
⦁ Attends and completes yearly nursing skills validations.
⦁ Sees change as an opportunity and maintains a level of flexibility, which allows for adaptation to new ways of performing.
⦁ May be required to work either IPU based on staffing needs and/or acuity
⦁ Accountable to supervise/direct CNA's
⦁ Follows directions and policies that allow for an organizational commitment to working under time pressures without sacrificing quality.
⦁ Performs other duties that may be assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:
⦁ Maintains current RN nursing licensure in Indiana and CPR certification.
⦁ Prior nursing experience in medical/surgical area or hospice preferred.

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