Infusion Nurse - Part Time - Grand Rapids

About the Role

Join the nation’s largest home infusion provider and grow your career with Option Care Health, Inc., the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States. With over 8,000 team members, including 5,000 clinicians, we elevate standards of care for patients with acute and chronic conditions across all 50 states. We are re-imagining the infusion care experience through clinical leadership, expertise, and national scale. Option Care Health is committed to developing an inclusive, respectful, and engaging culture where your voice is heard, your work is valued, and you are empowered to grow.

Responsibilities

• Initiates, develops, and implements an intermediate nursing plan of care, evaluating patient progress toward goals.
• Organizes and participates in direct patient care, including administering treatments, medications, and educating patients and families/caregivers.
• Modifies the plan of treatment in response to changing patient status or physician orders to achieve established or revised patient care goals.
• Assesses patient needs and physical status at each skilled visit through health data access and patient interviews.
• Re-evaluates patient needs through physical reassessment, response to therapy, and supplemental physician orders.
• Obtains and clarifies physician orders for plan of treatment revisions, informs physicians of significant changes in patient condition, and provides written summaries within supplemental orders.
• Provides training and mentorship to Infusion Nurse I’s to ensure patient safety and compliance.
• Delivers effective and safe teaching using a patient-centered care approach to help patients and families achieve independence with prescribed therapy and care needs.
• Communicates effectively and timely with Option Care’s Clinical team, medical providers, patients, and families/caregivers to facilitate continuity of care.
• Prepares clinical documentation in real-time during visits and submits it to the nursing department to comply with established timelines for billing optimization.
• Completes all documentation legibly, using approved abbreviations and error correction practices per Option Care’s policy.
• Coordinates discharge planning and prepares discharge summaries with patient instructions, thoroughly reporting patient care needs and progress when transferring care.
• Demonstrates compliance with agency operations, Option Care’s policies and procedures, professional standards, and local, state, and federal regulations/guidelines.
• Maximizes work efficiency through the use of computers and automation technologies to validate plan of treatment orders and communicate patient care.
• Responds promptly and appropriately to patient requests and initiates emergency procedures as necessary.
• Accepts accountability for own practice through ethical and professional conduct, following established programs and practices reflective of Option Care’s mission and values.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding patient confidentiality and proprietary Option Care information, including adherence to HIPAA regulations.
• Speaks knowledgeably about Option Care’s scope of services and instructs patients about related financial obligations for care and service charges.
• Attends and completes required training modules, in-services, and continuing education to maintain competency and professional licensure.
• Provides oversight and coordination of paraprofessionals in the home setting and may act as Supervisor in the absence of the Supervisor or Nurse Manager, as applicable.
• Participates in multidisciplinary team conferences and provides precepting, training, and mentoring to other nurses for orientation and onboarding.
• Participates in nursing department on-call responsibilities.
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.
• If applicable: Inserts PICC/Midlines per physician order, troubleshoots/declots obstructed central line catheters, and monitors PICC/Midline while educating on prevention of line infection and routine care.

Requirements

• Active and unrestricted RN license in the state of practice.
• Minimum of 1 year of nursing experience.
• Current CPR certification.
• Demonstrated competency in patient care standards required for safe delivery of services and infusion skill sets applicable to agency programs and service needs.
• Advanced certification and training as applicable.
• Required licensure to operate a motor vehicle in the state of practice with access to a vehicle for business travel and proof of liability insurance.
• Basic knowledge of computer operating systems and software applications to effectively use nursing technology tools for communication and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing from an accredited school of nursing preferred.
• 1-2 years of previous infusion nursing experience preferred.

Physical Demands

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds, with a maximum lifting requirement of 75 pounds.
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 10 pounds of force frequently.
• Physical demands may include walking, standing, crouching, kneeling, turning, pivoting, balancing, stooping, reaching overhead, grasping, pushing, pulling, lifting, and carrying.
• Fine motor skills and visual acuity required, including the ability to see up close and from a distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
• Likelihood of occupational exposure to blood, body fluids, and other potentially infectious materials.
• Possible exposure to hazardous substances, including effects on reproduction, injury from needles or other sharps, fumes, chemicals, humidity, cold, heat, adverse weather elements, animals, secondhand smoke/vape, and unpredictable home environments.
• Safety requirements include closed-toe shoes, facemask, goggles, gown and/or gloves, and a functioning device for communication in both routine and emergency situations.

Travel Requirements

Willing to travel up to 100% of the time for business purposes.

Pay

Salary to be determined by the applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data. Pay range is $36.89-$61.49 per hour.

Benefits

• 401k Retirement Savings with Company Match
• Paid Time Off
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Mental Health Services
• Award/Recognition Programs
• myFlexPay