Hospice Home Care, RN (Manhattan) - Visiting Nurse Service of New York : Job Details

VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care provides expert, readily available, comprehensive, and compassionate care to a patient in their own home, an assisted living facility, a nursing home or hospice residence. We are the resource of choice for hospice and palliative care information, education and service for every resident and health care provider in Metropolitan New York. Hospice care, which focuses on bringing quality of life to the end of life, is a decidedly collaborative and interdisciplinary endeavor. Together, our Hospice team of professionals provide physical, emotional and logistical support to the patient and family members. The care is, by nature, holistic. Dream big. Live your passion and come join us at VNSNY.

* Full-Time and Per Diem

* NYS RN license required; Minimum of one year of clinical nursing experience including at least six months of Hospice, or Med/Surg or ICU or Emergency Dept or Home Care, Palliative Care, Oncology or Long Term Care experience, required.

* VNSNY offers a competitive compensation and benefits package.

**Success Profile**

At VNSNY, you will provide expert hospice care to meet a broad spectrum of patient needs, including symptom management, provide guidance on disease progression and facilitate communication between patient/family and physician. If you have an interest in hospice care and a background in end of life, medical-surgical, oncology, emergent or critical care, a nursing career with VNSNY could be the highly rewarding experience you have been looking for.

* **Good listener** *7*

* **Communicator** *8*

* **Compassionate** *10*

* **Team player** *9*

* **Organized** *5*

* **Proactive** *6*

Traits are on a scale of 0 to 10 Additional Traits

* Open-minded

* Patient

* Balanced

* Personable

* Insightful

* Efficient

* Technologically savvy

* Quick-thinking

Being invited into a family's intimate circle during such a tender chapter in their lives is an honor. Hospice work is an opportunity to be helpful that gives me immense satisfaction. Also, I appreciate my co-workers because the compassion they show patients and families, they also show each other. As a hospice nurse, I never feel alone in the field.

**Salena Cummins** VNSNY Hospice Home Care RN The work we do in hospice is incredibly special and rewarding. The support we provide through end-of-life and after, ensures that patients and caregivers have comfort, dignity and quality of life. I came to VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care as an RN Hospice Liaison, helping families to transition home on hospice and since promoted to my current role as Hospice Team Manager, supervising a team of dedicated clinicians. Each day I go home feeling grateful that my job brings meaning and comfort to our patients. I have found my home at VNSNY Hospice, and the amazing people I work with are like family - I cant imagine working anywhere else . Being invited into a family's intimate circle during such a tender chapter in their lives is an honor. Hospice work is an opportunity to be helpful that gives me immense satisfaction. Also, I appreciate my co-workers because the compassion they show patients and families, they also show each other. As a hospice nurse, I never feel alone in the field.

**Salena Cummins** VNSNY Hospice Home Care RN The work we do in hospice is incredibly special and rewarding. The support we provide through end-of-life and after, ensures that patients and caregivers have comfort, dignity and quality of life. I came to VNSNY Hospice and Palliative Care as an RN Hospice Liaison, helping families to transition home on hospice and since promoted to my current role as Hospice Team Manager, supervising a team of dedicated clinicians. Each day I go home feeling grateful that my job brings meaning and comfort to our patients. I have found my home at VNSNY Hospice, and the amazing people I work with are like family - I cant imagine working anywhere else . **Rewards**

The benefits available include medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, tuition reimbursement, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, short-term and long-term disability, retirement, and savings plans. Tuition reimbursement up to 18 credits per year and paid time off.

* **Health and Wellness**

Medical Dental Vision

Prescription Drugs

Employee Assistance Plan

Healthy Lifestyles Wellness Benefits

Short and Long-Term Disability Benefits

* **Flexible Spending Accounts**

Health Care Account

Dependent Care Account

Commuter TRIP Benefit

* **Retirement Savings**

Retirement Savings Plan

403(b) Tax-Sheltered Annuity Plan

* **Tuition Reimbursment**

Up to 18 credits per calendar year (or $12,000)

* **Paid Time Off**

Holidays, Vacation, Personal and Sick days

* **Professional Development and Onboarding**

Management Development Programs

Comprehensive Clinical Orientation for New Hires and Onboarding buddy

Ongoing Clinical Education including instructor-led, webinars, and eLearning

**Responsibilities**

**Overview**

Provides high quality comprehensive nursing care to meet the needs of the patient/client and manages/coordinates the delivery of cost effective multidisciplinary health care services for a caseload of patients/clients consistent with VNSNY philosophy, policy, goals and objectives, and Standards of Nursing Practice. Works under moderate supervision. For Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) only: Provides health education, social support and community linkages to meet the needs of pregnant and postpartum, first-time mothers and their infants. Also responsible for adhering to NFP national guidelines.

**Responsibilities**

* Assesses the physical, social and psychological needs and environmental conditions of the patient/client through professional knowledge, skills of observation, interviewing, and physical examination to develop a plan of care.

* Understands, interprets, and implements reimbursement protocols; determines the billing source for patient/client care. Consults with management on complex/unique reimbursement cases.

* Acts as the coordinator of care for the multidisciplinary team by providing and managing the care needs of patients/clients which includes making/confirming referrals to other disciplines/community agencies and ordering supplies/services and ensuring they are delivered as needed.

* Documents content and process of all services provided in accordance with government regulations/requirements, and VNSNY policies, practices, and procedures, as well as NFP requirements as appropriate. Initiates and maintains written (including clinical and progress notes) and verbal communications with team members and management to assure optimal patient/client care.

* Participates in the orientation of selected staff through buddy system field observation of staff and feedback to appropriate staff involved in orientation process.

* Participates in selected student programs by providing guidance, training and mentoring to students.

* Provides nursing care in accordance with VNSNY policies, practices, procedures and Standards of Nursing Practice, which may require standing, stooping, sitting, crouching, bending and stretching to deliver patient/client care.

* Transports and utilizes required medical equipment and other supplies using VNSNY designated/supplied carrying case weighing approximately 25 30 lbs. to and from patient/client homes/care facilities.

* Travels to patient/clients homes and/or other facilities with varying environments (e.g., elevated buildings, walk-ups, care facilities, single/multiple family homes, presence of pets, etc.) using approved transportation options to deliver direct care to the patient/client.

* Follows work procedures in relation to established workflows.

* Maintains productivity sufficient to meet VNSNY goals.

* Assumes responsibility for personal professional growth through attendance at in-services, training, continued formal education and select