Home Health: RN Overnight

Description

Lifespark is a complete senior health company headquartered in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Since 2004, we've been helping seniors stay healthy, navigate their health care options with confidence, and live fuller, more independent lives as they age. That's where our people come in - from accounting and health technology to front-line nurses, advanced practice professionals, caregivers and everything in between, we are all invested entrepreneurs focused on helping people age magnificently.

Our Lifespark culture has created not only an award-winning workplace - earning Star Tribune Top Workplace 11 times, Minneapolis Business Journal Best Places to Work three times, and Top USA #1 in Healthcare - but a place where you have the room to be creative, make a difference, and have a purposeful, direct impact on how people age. Lifespark's full continuum of services offers a breadth of roles with the support to grow your career. To see the experience we are creating, watch our award-winning video Going South - this is the experience you will help create at Lifespark! Changing the age-old story starts with you - let's get you hired.

We are seeking a Full - Time Overnight (After Hours) RN

Pay: Stipend & Pay-Per-Visit (PPV) - (pay breakdown: $125 for every after-hours shift you work + $70 per visit you cover. You'll also receive an hourly rate between $40-$42 for non-visits such as orientation, meetings, in-services, education, etc.)

Location: Twin Cities Greater Metro. This position requires that you drive covering the entire metro area, northwest: St. Michaels, southwest: Chaska, southeast: Hastings, northeast: Forest Lake and in-between. Plus mileage reimbursement of .70 cents per mile

Shift Schedule: 11pm-8am, 7 shifts per pay period, which will include every other weekend and are required to work 2 holidays per year

Schedule:

Week 1: Sunday OFF/Monday 11p-8a/Tuesday 11p-8a/Wednesday OFF/Thursday OFF/Friday 11p-8a/Saturday 11p-8a

Week 2: Sunday 11p-8a/Monday OFF/Tuesday OFF/Wednesday 11p-8a/Thursday 11p-8a/Friday OFF/Saturday OFF

Lifespark Benefits Include:

Annual Reviews/Raises{Shift differentials if applicable}

Paid Time Off - Vacation Time

Mileage reimbursement

Medical, Dental, Vision benefits for Full Time Hires

Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance

Life Insurances

401k + Company Match for full-time and part-time employees

Referral bonuses

Career path to other positions within our growing company!

The After Hours RN is primarily responsible to plan, organize and direct home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.

Position Functions and Responsibilities:

Completes assessments of patient and family to determine skilled home care needs

Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis

Assess the problem based on conversation with client/patient, family or caregiver

Uses clinical judgment, knowledge and experience to direct conversation and guide decision-making to give self-care advice, refer client/patient to physician, instruct client/patient contact emergency assistance, or dispatch appropriate community resource

Provides direct/triage client/patient care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act

Counsels the client/patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs

Provides health care instructions to the client/patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care

Provides education when appropriate

Reassures the rapid and effective transmission of client/patient data between all relevant parties

Promotes evidence-based practice

Establishes and maintains strong collaborative arrangements with other health care professionals

Completes skilled visits to prevent rehospitalizations

Completes annual mandatory training

Completes evaluation visits and routine visits

Lead by example in establishing rapport with client/patient

Ensure positive/professional communication within the care team

Customer service resolution; escalate concerns

Completes clinical documentation same day and updates primary physician when necessary

Communicates with physician regarding the client/patient needs and reports any changes in the client/patient condition; obtains/receives physician's orders as required

Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan

Extremely skilled at listening and interpreting subtle indications such as tone of voice, hesitations or incomplete responses

Inspires others and encourage them to seek advice and solutions to problems

Honors Client Confidentiality, Rights, Privacy, and Reporting Maltreatment Expectations

Understands and Accepts Clients' Diagnosis

Understands and accepts emotional needs of client

Accepts unique client symptoms and behaviors

Understanding of Confidentiality & Data Protection Act

Adheres to Emergency Procedure and Response Expectations

Identifies home safety issues and notifies appropriate community resource

Demonstrates proper procedures: handling, lifting, transfers

Escalates employee work injury per protocol

Overview of Process, Types of Reports and Forms

Follow-up Required - Escalating Event

Other duties as assigned

Manage safety concerns for clients and clinicians, escalating when appropriate

Qualifications:

One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting

One year of home health care experience preferred

Recent triage experience in clinic, ALF, SNF, or Home Health

Experience in customer service/direct member contact field preferred

Experience supervising caregivers

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Current Minnesota Nursing License

Must pass a MVR check based on Lifespark company policy

Contact Lifespark Now!

Donna Vang, Talent Acquisition Specialist

Email:

Phone:

Book a time to Chat: Lifespark - Donna (office365.com)

It has been and will continue to be our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to age, race, creed, color, disability, marital status, sex, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, arrest record, conviction record, military service, use or nonuse of lawful products off the Employer's premises during nonworking hours, or declining to attend a meeting or to participate in any communication about religious matters or political matters, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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