PRN RN Hospice - Home Care Services

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Job Title

PRN RN Hospice - Home Care Services

Location

Independence

Facility

Business Operations Center

Department

Hc Hospice Field Staff-Center for Connected Care

Job Code

F2408H

Shift

Variable

Schedule

8:00am-8:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join the Cleveland Clinic team where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Here, you will receive endless support and appreciation while building a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.     

Our Home Care Teams proudly provide the best possible care to our patients throughout the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio area. As an RN on the Home Care Team, you will provide services to those living primarily in Cleveland – east, west and the downtown district. Further coverage will expand as far west as Vermillion. In this role, you will provide assessments, complex treatments and education to help avoid readmissions to the acute care setting and ensure comfort. This position offers a flexible schedule, allowing you to maintain a healthy work-life balance, all while changing the lives of your patients and their loved ones every day. 

This is a PRN role. A caregiver in this position will work flexible day or night shifts, including 4-, 8-, or 12-hour options. Day shifts run between 8:00 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. or 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 p.m., while night shifts may range from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 a.m. or overnight hours. Weekend coverage is required one shift per six-week period, with scheduling for one holiday per year.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• Provide direct nursing care in accordance with established healthcare organization policies, procedures, and protocols. 

• Implement and monitor patient care plans.  

• Provide supervision to LPNs, Home Care Aides and families/caregivers involved in the care of the patient. 

• Perform accurate and complete admission assessments and reassessments within a specified time frame. 

• Assess patient for safety risks, abuse and neglect. 

• Serve as a primary coordinator of all disciplines for well-coordinated patient care. 

• Assess and document patients' pain using appropriate pain scale and manage patients' pain then. 

• Prioritize and document patient problems based on assessed needs and problems in collaboration with patients, family and healthcare team. 

• Maintain complete and up-to-date documentation and files at all times regarding patient condition and effectiveness and timeliness of care and interventions. 

• Escalate change in patient condition to patient’s physician as appropriate. 

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:  

• Graduate from an accredited school of Professional Nursing 

• Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) 

• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification through the American Heart Association (AHA) or the American Red Cross 
• Minimum one year current clinical experience as a registered nurse

• One year of clinical experience as an RN in an acute medical/surgical setting 

• Valid Driver’s License (VDL) in Ohio and proof of automobile insurance with $100,000/$300,000 coverage 

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include: 

• Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing (BSN) 

Physical Requirements:

• Requires full range of body motion including handling and lifting packages, manual and finger dexterity, and eye-hand coordination.
• Requires standing and walking for extensive periods of time.
• Heavy work – Exerting 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.  Physical Demand requirements are in excess of those for Medium Work.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

                       

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility. 

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Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment opportunity employer.