Travel Registered Nurse

DispatchHealth hiring for Travel Registered Nurse jobs in Thornton, CO, US

How You'll Make an Impact:

DispatchHealth is creating the most advanced and complete in-home care model in the world. As a key contributor toward that goal, the AdvancedCare RN serves a pivotal role bringing individualized care to the patient’s home as an alternative to hospitalization. The ideal candidate brings advanced clinical, communication, and collaboration skills to our innovative team. The AdvancedCare RN provides direct, comprehensive care for patients and their families in an alternative setting. A true passion for connecting with patients and inviting them into the care team is a key factor for success. The opportunity for this position is to contribute to the creation and refinement of a novel care model while helping reduce hospital admissions, decrease ER utilization, increase patient success, and increase the patient and provider experience.

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**This is a Travel RN position to our Advanced Care Team locations**

What You'll Do:

If the following value statements resonate with you, we may be the team you have been looking for!

• Build trust as the foundation of providing the highest level of care.
• Create personal relationships that are based on building human connections.
• Bring clarity and confidence to every step of the care process through clear and transparent communication.
• Welcome the patient and their people into the care team to promote involvement, understanding and safety.

You will also be responsible the for the folloiwng job duties:

• Provides direct nursing care to patients in alternative care settings
• Skills: Assessment, Lab draws, IV insertion, medication mixing and administration
• Engage patients in their healthcare journey and provide meaningful education tailored to the patient and their people
• Establish meaningful connections and trusting relationships with each patient and their people
• Creates a nursing plan of care that includes the patient’s own goals and implements a multidisciplinary plan of care for patients in Advanced Care Services
• Collaborates with the clinical team and community partners in the planning, scheduling, and implementation of day-to-day clinical activities for patients.
• Assess all areas contributing to a patient’s near and long-term health and safety including social determinants of health.
• Participates in education activities for patient and their people and assess for understanding.
• Participates in quality and process improvement activities
• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned
• Travels to markets where there is an RN need and provides care to patients within the market
• Collaborates with market teams to provide care to patients and families

What You Need:

• Licensure as a Registered Nurse
• Hospital based nursing experience
• BLS Certified
• Must pass a pre-employment criminal background check
• BSN-preferred
• ACLS-may obtain within 6 months of hire
• Will be required to obtain a nursing license in all states where advanced care is provided (DH will pay for licensing outside of home state)

Competencies/Qualities

• Clinical Excellence: The AdvancedCare RN must exhibit strong clinical assessment skills and ability to prioritize and reprioritize requiring organizational and coordination skills. Exceptional critical thinking skills is a must as the AdvancedCare RN implements and evaluates patient’s plan of care and their progression towards goals.
• Strong communication skills: the AdvancedCare RN cannot work in a silo – much of his or her effectiveness depends on teamwork with others. Their areas of practice are highly multidisciplinary and require reliable, open, responsive communication to meet patient and care team needs. Strong interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence a must.
• Cultural openness: the AdvancedCare RN will be open to learning from patients, about values, beliefs, and how they see the world – all which may be very different from the RN’s personal culture and beliefs. The RN is willing to listen and be a liaison between the patient/family/caregiver and the medical providers, in developing a plan that is medically sound and culturally acceptable.
• Respect for others: this may seem like a given, but the AdvancedCare RN role requires the nurse to be especially diligent in this area and to show patience and understanding while setting reasonable boundaries and expectations.
• Commitment to patient confidentiality: most nurses are sensitized to patient confidentiality; from the HIPAA training they’ve received from employers. However, nursing care in this model may require an additional layer of awareness.

Who We Are:

DispatchHealth is redefining healthcare delivery through mobile and virtual healthcare.  A rapidly scaling Denver, Colo., startup, we provide right-sized healthcare through the power of technology, convenience, and service.  DispatchHealth is creating an integrated, convenient, high-touch care-delivery solution that extends the capabilities of the patient's care team and ensures that we provide personalized, quality care in the home or at the patient’s location of need.  Our skilled, certified providers arrive onsite with the expertise and tools necessary to administer advanced medical care, supported by our technological infrastructure to ensure quality and to improve outcomes.  DispatchHealth brings together experienced professionals with proven success in medicine, engineering and operations and a passion for transforming the healthcare landscape.

DispatchHealth is committed to creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive team and serving all communities. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, disability, age, or veteran status. DispatchHealth offers a comprehensive benefit package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k, paid time off, family, and short-term disability leave. 

Our Mission

We deliver trusted, compassionate care to all in the comfort of home.

Our Vision

Building the world's largest in-home care system.

Our Values are embodied in The DispatchWay

• Courage to advocate for our patients and each other
• Innovation to trailblaze a new path for healthcare
• Integrity to create a respectful and inclusive environment
• Compassion to provide quality, safe and excellent care

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Applications are being accepted for this role for at least 3 days after the posting date or once we receive a sufficient number of qualified candidates.