Registered Nurse-VHS Palliative Care FT (Bergen, Passaic & Hudson Counties)

About the Role

Are you a nurse looking for a change? At Hackensack Meridian Health At Home, our nurses focus on one patient at a time, spending valuable and meaningful 1:1 time with patients in their homes. This role offers a flexible schedule in a setting with fewer distractions, allowing you to do what you do best.

Visiting Health Services of New Jersey (VHSNJ), a partnership between Hackensack Meridian Health and St. Joseph's Health, provides a comprehensive continuum of home health care and hospice services to patients and families in Passaic, Bergen, and parts of Morris counties.

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.
• Ensure compliance with physician orders in a timely manner, including visit frequency.
• Document care to reflect compliance with physician’s orders and progression toward goals.
• Follow policy, procedure, and standards of care for assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of patient care.
• Provide holistic care to patients and their significant others.
• Ensure safe patient care and demonstrate competency in assigned treatments and procedures.
• Utilize the interdisciplinary team and document all activities accurately.
• Apply clinical judgments and critical thinking that reflect professional standards of care and codes of ethics.
• Identify appropriate payors and remain in compliance with authorizations for self and other disciplines.
• Maintain visit frequency within authorization range and use secure messaging for insurance communications.
• Complete nursing assessments, medication reconciliation, and collaborate with physicians on the Plan of Care.
• Update care plans within two weeks of changes in patient status.
• Implement teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care.
• Report patient care problems to management or physicians in a timely manner.
• Act as a liaison among physicians, managers, and other healthcare team members to coordinate services.
• Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers or time-off.
• Complete routine assignments accurately, consistently, and independently in a timely manner.
• Meet productivity requirements consistently.
• Act as a clinical supervisor for para-professional home health aide staff, including supervisory visits and evaluations.
• Maintain awareness of updated standards and incorporate them into nursing practice.
• Demonstrate flexibility with job responsibilities and adhere to organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Perform physical tasks such as lifting a minimum of 50 lbs., pushing/pulling 50 lbs., and standing for a minimum of 8 hours a day.

Requirements

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma Certificate in Nursing.
• Minimum of six (6) months of RN experience or at least 1 year of LPN experience, preferably in home care or hospice.
• NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License.
• AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.

Preferred qualifications include a BSN, IV Certification, and PC experience/skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Health Benefits (health, dental, vision).
• Generous Paid Time Off.
• Travel Reimbursement.
• 401k match.
• Tuition Reimbursement.

Additional benefits may include performance-based incentives, bonuses, commissions, and shift differentials for evening, night, or weekend shifts.

Pay

Minimum starting rate of $94,161.60 annually. The posted rate is a reasonable good faith estimate and may vary based on factors such as labor market data, experience, education, certifications, skills, geographic location, internal equity, and budget considerations.