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Exemption Status:

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range:

$37.51 - $81.95

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:

Holidays - Every Third Holiday, Sunday through Saturday, Weekends - Every Third Weekend

Scheduled Hours:

3P-3:30AM

Shift:

2 - Evening Shift, 12 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

24

Cost Center:

10020 - 6614 Hospital At Home

Union:

MNA-Memorial/Hahnemann

This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Responsible for the planning, coordinating, delivering and management of direct patient care utilizing the nursing process and adhering to the standards of nursing practice while delivering optimal family-centered patient care. Manages and directs day-to-day work responsibilities for the Hospital at Home program to assure optimal patient flow and satisfaction.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Utilizes the Nursing Process for the delivery and management of patient’s care from Admission to Discharge, appropriate to the developmental age of the patient population.
2. Performs patient assessment/reassessment according to standard procedure.
3. Develops and coordinates individual plan of care including discharge planning. Develops, implements/coordinates and documents Education Plan for patient/family/ significant other.
4. Directs, supervises, coordinates and evaluate nursing care within assigned clinical setting.
5. Delegates appropriately to others in accordance with job description and competency level.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.
2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.
3. Participates in performance improvement initiatives and demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.
4. Ensures compliance with regulatory agencies such as Joint Commission, DPH, etc. Develops and maintains procedures necessary to meet regulatory requirements.
5. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
6. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.
7. Develops and maintains established departmental policies, procedures, and objectives.
8. Ensures that department complies with hospital established policies, quality assurance programs, safety, and infection control policies and procedures.
9. Maintains open lines of communication with Program leadership, other departments, staff, physicians, resident staff, and other support personnel.
10. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
11. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

All responsibilities are essential job functions.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education:

Required:
1. Current Massachusetts Nursing licensure and registration.
2. Current unrestricted Driver’s license.
3. BLS is a requirement for every RN unless an advance certification is current (ex ACLS, PALS, NRP). In addition, unit specific certification and competencies are defined in the Unit Profile.

Preferred:
1. Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing.

Experience/Skills:

Required:
1. Minimum 5 year’s Nursing experience.
2. Thorough knowledge of the discipline of Nursing.

Preferred:
1. Homecare or Telehealth experience.
2. Phlebotomy, IV insertion and telemetry experience.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Work is considered heavy. Position requires travel from operations center to local hospitals and patient residences with primary work being indoors in an alternative patient care environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.