Hospice Registered Nurse

Hospice After Hours Registered Nurse

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Optimal Care is where your dedication meets a rewarding career. As a clinician owned and operated company, we create the opportunity and environment for each employee to realize their highest potential while maintaining a personalized focus on our patients and families every day. We are the Midwest's premier provider of Physician Services, Home Health, and Hospice Care. Our integrated care delivery model incorporates technology, innovation and best practices.

We produce value based outcomes by managing chronic disease process, rehabilitation and end of life care.

Serve Together, Provide Value, and Deliver Exceptional Quality Care.

At Optimal Care, you have our resolute commitment to being an exceptional place to work. Your expertise, passion and commitment to exceptional quality care will continue to thrive. With you we can build a remarkable place to work.

• Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Company Vehicle Program
• Flexible Work Schedule
• Mentorship Culture
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with Employer Match
• Mileage Reimbursement
• Cutting Edge Technology

• Start and finish your shift at home, working on-call for 7 nights in a row (5pm-8am) Monday-Sunday and then enjoy the next 7 days completely off. This schedule means you only work 26 weeks per year while being paid a full-time salary—giving you half the year off with full-time pay.
• Unlike many other roles, there are no additional on-call requirements. Your schedule is set, so you can plan your personal life with confidence.
• Our territories are optimized to ensure manageable drive times, so we can meet the specialized and urgent needs of our patients.
• This schedule provides more dedicated time at home, making it ideal for individuals who want to spend more quality time with their loved ones. With 7 days off in a row, you'll have more time for yourself and your family.
• Enjoy competitive base wages up to 90K (based on experience), comprehensive health benefits, and a 401(k)-retirement plan.

• Supporting patient care needs after-hours, including urgent admissions, symptom management, and other patient needs. Think of a triage/emergency room nurse for hospice patients' after-hours in homes, facilities, and residential care communities in your neighborhood.
• Providing positive, supportive communication to physicians, NPs, our hospice case managers, patients, and families.

• Triaging of patients, our after-hours RNs are supported by our triage team who dispatch our RNs only when an in-person visit is required.
• An assigned "Case Load" of patients requiring a "Case Manager".
• On-going management of hospice patients. You will be working as a "emergency room" nurse for hospice patients, in your community.

• Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate, Baccalaureate, or Masters Degree in Nursing
• Current State License as a Registered Nurse
• Minimum of one year nursing experience in a clinical care setting
• Demonstrates clinical nursing competencies in accordance with accepted standards of practice
• Able to assess and respond appropriately to the physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs of patients, families, and caregivers
• Exhibits strong interpersonal communication skills, emotional intelligence, and the ability to support patients and families facing end-of-life issues
• Capable of managing multiple priorities, documentation requirements, and time-sensitive responsibilities efficiently
• Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) preferred
• Hospice or home health experience preferred

• Office
  
  Location:
  
  Bingham Farms, MI
• Main Service Area:
  Oakland, Macomb, Wayne, Livingston, and Lapeer Counties

• On for 7 days, then off for the next 7 days
• 5:00 pm - 8:00 am Monday through Friday
• 5:00 pm Friday through 8:00 am Monday
• Training takes place 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday for the first 2-4 weeks

Pay Range: $72,000—$84,000 USD

Optimal Care conducts a background screening upon acceptance of a contingent job offer. Background screening is completed by a third-party administrator, the Michigan Long-Term Care Partnership, and is performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Optimal Care is an equal-opportunity employer.

• Entry level

• Full-time

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