Registered Nurse Special Coverage

Intermountain Health

South Jordan, UT Posted 12/5/2024 Full Time

Job Description:

The Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who assumes responsibility and accountability for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care of patients. The staff RN utilizes the nursing process by use of technology, therapeutic intervention, evidence-based practice and coordination of care with other health team members.

Position Overview:

Join our Homecare & Hospice team and experience the satisfaction of delivering personalized care that makes a real difference in the lives of patients and their families. This position offers a unique opportunity to expand your clinical skills in areas such as wound care, medication administration, and IV therapy while working in a supportive and compassionate environment. You will work directly with patients in their homes, delivering care that emphasizes comfort, healing, and quality of life. This is a part-time weekend role that supports a flexible, yet highly rewarding, work schedule.

About the RN Role:

As a Homecare Registered Nurse, you will be responsible for providing comprehensive, patient-centered care to individuals in their homes, assisting with their medical needs, and helping manage chronic conditions. This role allows you to use your clinical knowledge to perform a variety of tasks including wound care, IV therapy, patient education, and more. The RN will be required to educate patients and caregivers on treatment plans, medication administration, and health management strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Patient Care: Provide hands-on nursing care, including medication administration, wound care, and IV therapy to patients in their homes.

  • Assessment and Evaluation: Assess patients' physical and emotional conditions, develop care plans, and ensure safe and effective care delivery.

  • Education: Educate patients and caregivers on disease management, treatment plans, and medication administration.

  • Collaboration: Work closely with physicians, therapists, and other healthcare providers to coordinate care and optimize patient outcomes.

  • Emergency Response: Be prepared to manage emergencies and provide quick, responsive care when needed.

  • Documentation: Accurately document patient assessments, treatments, and outcomes using electronic medical records (EMR) systems.

  • Weekend Coverage: Provide care on Saturdays and Sundays from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM on an alternating schedule.

Why Work With Us:

  • Autonomous Practice: Enjoy the independence of managing patient care while receiving support from a collaborative healthcare team.

  • Skill Development: Gain specialized experience in areas such as wound care, medication management, and IV therapy, all in a homecare setting.

  • Meaningful Work: Deliver compassionate care to patients in their own homes, where comfort and healing can take place.

  • Work-Life Balance: Flexible weekend shifts (every other weekend), allowing you to balance work with your personal life.

Compensation and Benefits:

  • Competitive Pay Rate based on experience

  • Incentives: Up to $337 annual caregiver incentive and a $1,500 referral bonus

  • Opportunities for Professional Development through training and certification programs

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Minimum Qualifications:

  • Current RN License in the state of practice

  • Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for healthcare providers

  • Valid driver’s license with reliable transportation, acceptable driving record, and current auto insurance

  • Effective Communication Skills – Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with patients, families, and healthcare teams

  • Experience: RNs with less than 12 months of experience as an RN must complete their BSN within five years of their start date.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)

  • One year of RN experience in Acute Care, Home Health, or Hospice settings

  • Experience in Wound Care, IV Therapy, or Medication Management

If you’re ready to make a meaningful difference in the lives of patients, apply now to join the Intermountain Homecare & Hospice team!

Physical Requirements:

HC only

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, and driving a vehicle.
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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.
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Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of furniture, equipment, power cords on the floor, etc). Need to ascend and descend stairs or uneven surface in order to access patients.
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Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Homecare - Salt Lake City

Work City:

South Jordan

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

12

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$36.35 - $54.53

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits packages for our Idaho, Nevada, and Utah based caregivers, and for our Colorado, Montana, and Kansas based caregivers; and our commitment todiversity, equity, and inclusion.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.


All positions subject to close without notice.

JOB LOCATION:
South Jordan, UT 84111

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