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At MultiCare, we strive to offer a true sense of belonging for all our employees. Across our health care network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers, opportunities for growth, safe workplaces, and flexible schedules. We are connected by our mission - partnering and healing for a healthy future - and dedicated to the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

FTE: 1.0, Shift: Day, Schedule: 8am-4:30pm Monday-Friday, rotating weekends/holidays/call

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides age-appropriate individualized assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of health care for patients from a diverse range of cultural backgrounds, and which reflects the philosophy, goals and objectives of nursing services and YMH Home Health and Hospice. 

RN – Home Health/Hospice

• Able to work independently in home settings; nursing home settings; assisted living settings coordinating care with caregivers and family members.
• Able to use teach back skills and other tools to engage the patient and family in goal setting and self-management.
• Able to complete in Home Health the OASIS assessment tool based on the individual patient; and in hospice the symptom management quality indicators.
• Able to support difficult decisions for patients/families such as end of life (Hospice) services.
• Coordinates with the Interdisciplinary team in planning and achieving patient goals involving the patient and family in the care planning process.
• Documents on laptops at point of care as outlined in policies/procedures
• Achieves productivity requirements
• Able to rotate into weekends and holidays

Experience:  Minimum of one-year acute care, Home Health, Hospice or nursing home experience. 

Licenses:  Current WA state driver’s license and proof of insurance

Education:  Prefer BSN

Additional Requirements:  car for travel to and from home visits during shift.

 

Position Summary

Responsibilities
1. Collects and analyzes pertinent objective and subjective data related to the health status of the
patient/client, including biological, psychological, social, emotional, spiritual, and age-specific
determinates of health.
2. Plans, implements, and documents plan of care involving family, demonstrating respect for patient
rights. Maintains patient privacy and confidentiality; is compliant with HIPAA.
3. Advocates for patient/family.
4. Honors, respects patient/family cultural beliefs and incorporates into plan of care.
5. Communicates plan of care to members of the healthcare team.
6. Delegates selected nursing functions to others in accordance with their education, credentials and
demonstrated competence.
7. Evaluates and revises plan of care to address physician/clinical issues.
8. Identifies care concerns and communicates with appropriate individuals or departments to ensure
resolution.
9. Knows responsibility/role during all Emergency Codes and Red Rules.
10. Maintains current clinical knowledge and volunteers to share/present information to staff.
11. Maintains competency on all computer systems/software utilized for completion of role
responsibilities.
12. Initiates/participates in performance improvement activities.
13. Uses critical thinking skills in making decisions regarding patient care.
14. Demonstrates Memorial’s expectation for customer service.
15. Demonstrates inter/intradepartmental teamwork.
16. Demonstrates flexibility within the RN role.

Requirements
Education: Associate’s degree in nursing required; BSN preferred.
Experience: Previous acute care nursing experience preferred.
Licenses/Certificates/Registration:

Our Values

As a MultiCare employee, we'll rely on you to reflect our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration, Kindness and Joy. Our values serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other.

Why MultiCare?

• Belonging: We work to create a true sense of belonging for all our caregivers
• Mission-driven: We are dedicated to our mission of partnering for healing and a healthy future and the patients and communities we serve
• Market leadership: Washington state's largest community-based, locally governed health system
• Employee-centric: Named Forbes “America’s Best Employers by State” in 2023
• Technology: "Most Wired" health care system 15 years in a row
• Leading research: MultiCare Institute for Research & Innovation, 40 years of ground-breaking, clinical and health services research in our communities
• Lifestyle: Live and work in the Pacific Northwest - offering breathtaking water, mountains and forest at every turn.

Pay and Benefit Expectations

Associated benefit information can be viewed here.

Position Type: Full time - Regular
Primary Shift: Day
Work Schedule: Day

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About MultiCare Health System

MultiCare is a not-for-profit health care organization with more than 20,000 team members, including employees, providers and volunteers. MultiCare has been caring for our community for well over a century, since the founding of Tacoma’s first hospital and today is the largest community-based, locally governed system of health in the state of Washington, serving communities across Washington and Northern Idaho. MultiCare’s comprehensive system of health includes numerous primary care, urgent care and specialty services — including Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital & Health Network; MultiCare Indigo Urgent Care; Pulse Heart Institute; MultiCare Medical Associates, affiliated physicians; MultiCare Rockwood Clinic, the largest multispecialty clinic in the Inland Northwest region; and MultiCare Connected Care, our Accountable Care Organization. Eleven hospitals complete the organization: Allenmore Hospital, Auburn Medical Center, Capital Medical Center, Covington Medical Center, Deaconess Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital — the Puget Sound region’s only children’s hospital and state-designated Level II Pediatric Trauma Center for Western Washingt...on — Navos Behavioral Health Hospital, Valley Hospital, Tacoma General Hospital — which is home to the South Puget Sound region’s only Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit — and Wellfound Behavioral Health Hospital. Our core values of Respect, Integrity, Stewardship, Excellence, Collaboration and Kindness, serve as our guiding principles and impact every aspect of our organization, including how we provide patient care and what we expect from each other. MultiCare is also proud of our commitment to workforce diversity and culturally competent care. This commitment is led by our CEO and supported through employee education and community outreach.

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