PRN Registered Nurse - Hospice House

Munson Healthcare; Traverse City (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reimbursement

Full benefits

Paid holidays

Generous PTO

Employee discounts

Free retirement counseling

Wellness platform

Job summary

Munson Healthcare in northern Michigan’s largest health system is seeking a Licensed Registered Nurse to manage an assigned caseload from admission through discharge, delivering skilled nursing across preventative, rehabilitative, palliative, and end-of-life needs.

You will educate patients and families, coordinate care with interdisciplinary teams, supervise LPNs and paraprofessionals, and ensure timely documentation in the electronic medical record.

Qualifications

• Licensed RN in the State of Michigan.
• Experience in acute care, home care, or hospice preferred.
• Proven health assessment, organizational, and interpersonal skills with the ability to make independent judgments directing patient care.
• Able to meet Home Health and Medicare standards through criminal background check and fingerprinting.
• Possess current Michigan motor vehicle license, ability to drive to patient homes or other offices in various weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Manages an assigned caseload from admission through discharge using a framework of assessment, planning, coordination, and evaluation.
• Provides skilled nursing services across preventative, rehabilitative, palliative, and end-of-life needs.
• Educates and counsels patients and families on disease processes, symptom management, and self-care.
• Coordinates care with interdisciplinary team members and documents thoroughly in the electronic medical record.

Skills

Nursing

Patient care

Assessment

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Education

Michigan RN license

Tools

Electronic Medical Records

Job description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community

More Than Just Care, It’s Community Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties. If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material. To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

• Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.
• Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.
• Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.
• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day in the Life

• Manages an assigned caseload from admission through discharge using a framework of assessment, planning, coordination, and evaluation.
• Responsibilities include completing comprehensive assessments (including OASIS when required), developing and updating individualized plans of care, and providing skilled nursing services across preventative, rehabilitative, palliative, and end-of-life needs.
• Educates and counsels patients and families on disease processes, symptom management, and self-care, and coordinates care with interdisciplinary team members such as Home Health Aides, Therapies, Social Work, Chaplaincy, and Bereavement Services.
• This position also supervises LPNs and paraprofessionals, communicates changes in patient condition to physicians and team members, secures necessary equipment and supplies, and maintains thorough, timely documentation within the electronic medical record.

Qualifications

What’s Required

• Licensed RN in the State of Michigan
• Experience in acute care, home care, or hospice preferred
• Proven health assessment, organizational, and interpersonal skills with the ability to make independent judgments directing patient care.
• Able to meet Home Health and Medicare standards through criminal background check and fingerprinting.
• Possess current Michigan motor vehicle license, ability to drive a car and an insured vehicle capable of transport to patient homes or other offices in various weather conditions.

Additional Information

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.