RN- Float

VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice is searching for a full time Float RN to join our Hamden team!

AGENCY HIGHLIGHTS:

• Stability: Founded in 1910
• Award Winning: 4 Star Quality of Care rating from CMS
• Continuum of Care: Home Health, Palliative Care, Hospice, Behavioral Health, Community Programs.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Obtains physician orders for all care rendered and communicates changes to supervisor or physician as appropriate. Provides skilled nursing treatments and medications as ordered by the patient’s physician.
• Performs regular evaluation of client’s progress, takes prompt action when any change in the client’s condition is noted or reported, and discharges client from care when goals are attained.
• Provides complete and accurate documentation of nursing care. Ensures the clinical record appropriately reflects client condition. Submits all documentation in time frame outlined by agency policies.
• Communicates necessary information at end of shift to relieving caregiver.
• Demonstrates clinical competency in OASIS assessments and documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Current licensed (RN) in the State of Connecticut.
• Diploma in Nursing, Associate degree in Nursing, or Baccalaureate degree in Nursing. The Registered Nurse with a Diploma or Associate’s degree in Nursing is required to have two years of inpatient experience. With a Master’s degree in nursing, no in-patient experience is required. Medical/surgical or homecare experience is highly desirable.
• Valid driver’s license in good standing and functioning automobile.
• Basic computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft (Outlook and Word) required.
• Experience with electronic medical record systems (EMR) highly desired

VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice is proud to be an EEO/AA Employer M/F/D/V

Please note that effective October 31, 2021, VNA Community Healthcare & Hospice has a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy which requires all employees to receive the vaccine as a condition of employment. As required by law, we do offer a Religious and Medical Accommodation which, if approved, provides an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccination and requires strict safety guidelines and protocols to be followed.

As of March 1, 2022, we will also be requiring that all employees receive a Booster vaccine as a condition of employment.