Registered Nurse (Rn) Home Hospital

Home Hospital
What is Home Hospital?
Home Hospital is an innovative, state of the art, collaboration which provides patients with the type of medical care you would normally receive as an inpatient in the hospital, but is provided by a team of clinicians in the patients' home.
How Home Hospital Works:
ER Patients are assessed for Home Hospital by MD's and Advanced Practice Providers. If a patient is identified as appropriate for Home Hospital and consents to be treated at home, they will be transported home to be "admitted" by the Home Hospital care team into MGB Home Hospital program.
What is the Home Hospital RN role specifically?

• Home Hospital patient average length of stay is approximately 3-5 days.
• The nurses work 12 hour days, and every 3rd weekend. One major Holiday in summer/winter
• Nurses will care for approx 4 patients a day, twice daily visits .
• The average visits last anywhere from 30 minutes- 1.5 hours (depending on need)

• RN documentation is like an inpatient RN's. fill out their am visits. flow sheets, medication sheets and write a note (no homecare Oasis note) Nurses have huddles1st thing in am with the team
• Discharge plan is a collaboration with the hospital MD, APP. and Home Hospital Care Team.

Job Summary
Full time or Part time positions- 12 hour days, Acute Care -Home Hospital Program- Boston area
every third weekend rotation
Provide quality, clinical services to patients in various settings in the community. Patient care is delivered within organizational philosophy, policy and standards of nursing and community health practice. The responsibilities are performed in accordance with MGB Home Hospital policies and standards of practice, utilizing thorough and timely electronic documentation and interdisciplinary communications. Skilled nursing care is provided in the form of assessment, teaching, treatment, documentation and care coordination demonstrating high quality customer service, and financial awareness.
Qualifications and Experience

• Graduate of an approved School of Nursing
• Current Massachusetts license as Registered Nurse
• Minimum of one year previous nursing experience in acute, emergency or post-acute care hospital setting required.
• Prior home care experience preferred.
• Travel required within Home Hospital geographic area ( 15 miles from Hospital)

• Ability to work with various computer software applications and technologies required.
• Strong interpersonal, customer service skills and ability to work with a diverse population
• Ability to communicate effectively in writing, verbally and electronically
• Ability to work as a member of an interdisciplinary team of health care providers
• Ability to organize and prioritize work, and adapt to changing situations
• Ability to work independently, be self-directed and adapt to unpredictable circumstances.

We offer our Home Hospital RN's:

• Advanced acute care in the home
• Autonomy and one-on-one patient care, with visits daily to the same patient
• Multidisciplinary team focused on the acute needs of patients in the home
• New advanced technologies
• Clinical orientation including classroom and precepting
• Competitive rates based on years of experience as an RN
• Comprehensive benefit package including tuition assistance and a pension plan
• Company provided cell phone and laptop
• Reimbursement for mileage
• 12 hour work days 8am-8:30pm
• Differentials for eve hours and weekends/No Night shifts

Mass General Brigham Home Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment