Join our team at Stillwater Hospice!
At Stillwater Hospice, we foster and support growth, teamwork, and good work-life balance among all staff.
We offer competitive wages and benefits in our team-forward, positive care environment. We look forward to talking to you today about joining our team!
Compensation is based on total years of experience in previous clinical roles.
In this role, you'll care for patients in the Inpatient Unit located in Fort Wayne.
You will be working 24 hours each week, Monday through Friday, with Weekend rotations.
We pride ourselves on promoting an Excellent Work/Life Balance and providing Excellent Employee Benefits.
- Dependent Care Savings Account (DCFSA).
- TriShare Plus Child Care Cost Sharing plan (for qualifying employees).
- CoShare Child Care Cost Sharing plan (for qualifying employees).
- Generous Paid Time Off.
- Paid Wellness Days.
- Time Off for Voting.
- 403b Retirement Plan for all employees with no cost access to a Financial Advisor and a strong Company Match for full-time employees.
- Shift Incentive Pay, Performance Incentives, & Mileage Reimbursement.
- Company-provided Uniform allowance.
- Education Incentives, including tuition discounts with several local Universities.
- Private Student Loan Assistance Program with Gradify.
- Support the Federal Student Loan Forgiveness plans as a Qualifying Not-for-Profit Employer.
- Annual Employee Tuition Assistance Plan, up to $2000.00 per year.
- Stillwater Hospice Tuition Scholarships, up to $5000.00 per year.
- A Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP) program for Employees & Family household members.
- New hire referral Finder's Bonus.
- Free employee access to the services and programs at the Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center.
- A newly remodeled, modern Inpatient Unit.
- Newly built Staff Respite Room in the Hospice Home IPU.
- Multiple employee engagement events per year: Wellness/Health Events, Quarterly Employee Benefit Fairs, Organization picnics, and Organization holiday events.
- A strong commitment to promoting and advancing employees from within the organization.
- The campus is connected to the Fort Wayne Trails system.
- Discounts at the YMCA (multiple included, not just Allen County).
POSITION TITLE: INPATIENT RN
FLSA STATUS NON-EXEMPT
REPORTS TO: Assistant Director of Nursing
POSITION OBJECTIVE:
Providing nursing care for assigned terminally ill patients by assessing needs, coordinating the interdisciplinary care plan, implementing nursing interventions, making appropriate revisions, and evaluating care outcomes.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- A Bachelor’s degree in Nursing is preferred.
- Prefer one year of recent hospital or home health care experience.
- Must have a current RN license to practice in Indiana.
- Must hold current CPR certification or obtain it during the orientation period.
- Infusion skills are preferred.
- Ability to identify needs and emergencies of hospice patients and provide appropriate interventions.
- Must be comfortable working with hospice patients, focusing on palliative care.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong assessment skills.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- Must be capable of functioning independently as well as part of the team.
- Implement agency-approved clinical policies and procedures in all work-related situations.
- Demonstrates understanding of hospice philosophy and concept of care and considers the patient/family as the unit of care.
- Orients patient/family to hospice services, including identifying the role of team members.
- Identifies patient health problems by assessing psychosocial, spiritual, physiological, and health behavior systems.
- Participates in obtaining and documenting admission and assessment data.
- Documents findings accurately, in a timely manner, and on appropriate forms according to Agency procedures.
- Delivers nursing care to patients, which includes teaching, providing direct care, case management, r