Home Care Infusion RN - FT (Tues - Sat)

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change.

A return to the HOME could make you fall in love with nursing all over again! Focus on one patient at a time with Hackensack Meridian Health At Home. Our nurses spend valuable and meaningful 1:1 time with patients in their homes, where they feel most comfortable. Do what you do best, with a flexible schedule in a setting with fewer distractions.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to patients in their home through assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of home nursing care needs on an individual and continuous basis.
• Demonstrate competency with infusion therapy.
• Ensure compliance with appropriate physician orders in a timely manner and that visit frequency follows physician orders.
• Document care to reflect compliance with physician's orders and address progression to goals being met at discharge.
• Ensure assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of patient care follow policy, procedure, and standard of care.
• Provide holistic care for patients and significant others.
• Ensure safe patient care and demonstrate knowledge and competency in assigned treatments and procedures.
• Utilize an interdisciplinary team and accurately document all activities.
• Ensure clinical judgments and critical thinking reflect professional standards of care and codes of ethics.
• Appropriately document clinical decisions through the EMR system.
• Identify appropriate payors and remain in compliance with authorizations for self and other disciplines as necessary.
• Maintain visit frequency within authorization range and utilize secure messaging to insurance nurses for all authorizations.
• Complete nursing assessment, medication reconciliation, and collaborate with physicians on Plan of Care.
• Update care plan within a two-week period of change in patient status.
• Implement specific teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care.
• Document appropriate teaching strategies in the medical chart consistent with goals and plans.
• Report patient care problems to manager or appropriate nursing management personnel and/or physician in a timely manner with possible solutions.
• Ensure documentation indicates case communication.
• Act as liaison among physicians, Manager of Clinical Practice, and other members of the health care team to ensure effective coordination and appropriate resource referrals.
• Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers of patient care loads.
• Complete routine assignments accurately, consistently, and independently in a timely manner without the need for supervision.
• Meet productivity requirements on a consistent basis.
• Maintain awareness of new/updated standards and incorporate these into nursing practice.
• Ensure documentation in the medical chart demonstrates knowledge of current practices' guidelines.
• Demonstrate flexibility with job responsibilities in all areas.
• Adhere to HMH's Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Lift a minimum of 50 lbs., push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs., and stand a minimum of 8 hours a day.
• Perform other duties and/or projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma Certificate in Nursing.
• Minimum of one (1) or more years of RN experience.
• Ability/Experience with inserting IVs.
• Competency requirements:
  • With previous and recent IV experience (preferred) within one (1) year: Demonstration with preceptor inserting peripheral line, accessing ports, PICCs, and central lines.
  • Without previous experience or experience not within one (1) year: Complete a vascular access device (VAD) course through HMH and follow-up practicum experience in HMH outpatient infusion setting, including return demonstration with preceptor inserting peripheral line, accessing ports, PICCs, and central lines.
• Successful completion of Infusion Test within probationary period with a grade of 80% or higher.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient computer skills, including Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree (BSN) preferred.
• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License required.
• BLS AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits.
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Travel Reimbursement.
• 401(k) match and Tuition Reimbursement for full- and part-time benefit-eligible team members.
• Per Diem team members eligible for Travel Reimbursement and may receive a 401(k) match.
• Robust learning and development opportunities.
• Innovative wellness programs.

Pay

Minimum rate of $94,161.60 annually. The starting rate of pay is provided for informational purposes only and is not a guarantee of a specific offer. Posted rates may vary based on labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, budget, and grant funding.