Job Description Registered Nurse Home Care - $15K Sign On - 2101850 **Job**

: Registered Nurse **Primary Location**

: TN-Nashville-Vanderbilt Home Care Services **Description**

**Vanderbilt Home Care Services** **RN2 - $15K Sign On Bonus** **Job Summary:** The **Registered Nurse 2 with Vanderbilt Home Care Services**, applies the nursing process to plan and implement the care of patients, including patient and family education and continuum of care planning. As a Registered Nurse with the intermittent team, you will visit approximately 4 to 6 patients at their homes throughout your shift, providing the best patient care. The patients will be within 3-5 zip codes. Pediatric patients may be included. There is a mileage allowance with this position.The Registered Nurse with Home Care effectively communicates pertinent patient/family information to the health care team. Collaborates in establishing patient goals and evaluates progress to ensure effective outcomes. Furthers professional growth by engaging in learning activities according to the Board of Nursing standards.

**$15,000 Signing Bonus, mileage allowance. Vanderbilt Home Care-Intermittent Visit, for new, full time employees.**

**Department/Unit Summary**

Vanderbilt Home Care is part of one of the countrys most respected medical centers. We provide in-home care for patients with chronic conditions.

Imagine being able to take a more personal approach to nursing focusing on just one patient at a time. Its possible as a nursing professional with Vanderbilt Home Care.

**Bringing Vanderbilt Care into Your Home Since 1985** Vanderbilt Home Care provides caregivers in the patient's own environment under the direction of the patient's physician. When you or your loved one receives care from Vanderbilt Home Care, you are in the hands of highly skilled, compassionate individuals. We take pride in our work and feel privileged to be part of one of the country's most respected medical centers.

**Our Mission and Values:**

Our mission is to provide excellence in home care with the high standards that we would expect for our own family and loved ones. Our values include:

* Support for community based home services through excellence in clinical practice and education

* Patient safety and quality

* Strong interdisciplinary collaboration, communication and partnership

* Evidenced based practice and clinical expertise

* Technology enhanced innovation

The Home Health Quality team is a small task oriented team which consists of a quality educator, a quality data analyst, and quality reviewer. They work closely together with clinical managers to provide meaningful data on home health patient population and clinician best practices.

**Position Shifts:**

* Full, Part Time and PRN

**Discover Vanderbilt University Medical Center:**

Located in Nashville, Tennessee, and operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery and patient care, VUMC is a community of individuals who come to work each day with the simple aim of changing the world. It is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity of culture, thinking, learning and leading is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something that is bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work and never settle for what was good enough yesterday. **Vanderbilts** mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

**Our Nursing Philosophy:**

We believe highly skilled and specialized nursing care is essential to Vanderbilt University Medical Centers mission of quality in patient care, education and research. We believe nursing is an applied art and science focused on helping people, families and communities reach excellent health and well-being.

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**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:**

* Collaborates in establishing the plan of care, coordinates and implements care delivery while anticipating patient care needs across the continuum.

* Analyzes comprehensive information pertinent to the patient's care and management to determine nursing diagnosis.

* Continually utilizes the nursing process to evaluate patient's progress towards goals and applies appropriate interventions to ensure effective outcomes.

* Employs strategies to promote health and a safe and healthy environment.

* The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

**Basic Qualifications**

**Position Qualifications**

***Required:***

* Graduate of an approved discipline specific program (Required)

* 1 year relevant experience (Required)

* Registered Nurse Required

* ***Strongly Preferred by the department:***

* Home Health Experience

* BSN

* Peds experience or willing to work with Peds *(most patients are adult)*

* Competency with acute nursing

* BSN Degree

* Critical-thinking skills

* The ability to make decisions regarding patient care

* Excellent communication abilities

**Licensure, Certification, and/or Registration (LCR):**

* Registered Nurse Required

**Physical Requirements/Strengths needed & Physical Demands:**

* Heavy Work category requiring exertion of 50 to 100 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 20 to 50 lbs. of force frequently and/or up to 10 to 20 lbs. of force continually to move objects.

**Movement**

* Occasional: Sitting: Remaining in seated position

* Occasional: Lifting over 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects from one level to another, includes upward pulling over 35 lbs, with help of coworkers or assistive device

* Occasional: Carrying under 35 lbs: Transporting an object holding in hands, arms or shoulders, with help of coworkers or assistive device.

* Occasional: Bending/Stooping: Trunk bending downward and forward by bending spine at waist requiring full use of lower extremities and back muscles

* Occasional: Climbing: Ascending or descending stairs/ramps using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.

* Occasional: Kneeling:Bending legs at knees to come to rest on knee or knees.

* Occasional: Crouching/Squatting: Bending body downward and forward by bending legs and spine.Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

* Occasional: Reaching above shoulders: Extending arms in any direction above shoulders.

* Frequent: Standing: Remaining on one's feet without moving.

* Frequent: Walking: Moving about on foot.

* Frequent: Lifting under 35 lbs: Raising and lowering objects under 35 lbs from one level to another

* Frequent: Push/Pull: Exerting force to move objects away from or toward.

* Frequent: Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching or maneuvering self, patient and equipment simultaneously while working in large and small spaces

* Frequent: Reaching below shoulders: Extending arms in any direction below shoulders.

* Frequent: Handling: Seizing, holding, grasping, turning or otherwise working with hand or hands.

* Frequent: Fingering: Picking, pinching, gripping, working primarily with fingers requiring fine manipulation.

* Frequent: Bimanual Dexterity: Requiring the use of both hands.

**Sensory**

* Frequent: Communication: Expressing or exchanging written/verbal/electronic information.

* Continuous: Auditory: Perceiving the variances of sounds, tones and pitches and able to focus on single source of auditory information

* Continuous: Vision: Clarity of near vision at 20 inches or less and far vision at 20 feet or more with depth perception, peripheral vision, color vision.

* Continuous: Smell: Ability to