Medical Foot Nurse - Med Surg

Company: VNA Colorado
Location: Arvada
Posted on: September 17, 2023

Job Description:

Medical Foot NurseColorado Visiting Nurse Association has an immediate opening for a Medical Foot Nurse.

Location: Arvada, CO

Status: Full-time

Schedule: Day Shift, Mon-Fri 8a-5p

Per Visit Rate Model: $80K - $100K (full-time annual)

Supplemental Pay: Based on position, schedule and/or availability: Paid Mileage

Mileage and Expense Reimbursement: Sixty-two and a half cents per mile - one of the highest in the industry!

CULTURE, BENEFITS AND PERKS:

* We value diversity, equity and inclusion and know it matters for our team members and our patients. We provide welcoming, supportive and inclusive care to our patients and a work environment where all team members feel respected and valued.
* We support a culture of work-life balance and provide team members with two, free, confidential and robust benefit programs designed to provide solutions to the logistical and financial problems that arise in life.
* Low healthcare premiums: no increases in five out of the last seven years, including 2023
* Employer pays over 90% of employee medical premium in some plans
* Health Savings Account (HSA) with significant Employer Funding: Single $1,000, Family $2,000
* Healthcare Benefits are effective on the 1st of the month following date of hire
* Extensive Paid Time Off (PTO/Vacation Pay/Sick Leave) and EIB (Extended Illness Bank): accrued
* Seven Paid Holidays with an additional Floating Holiday
* 403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match: 50% match up to 8% of total compensation
* Company-Paid Life and AD&D Insurance
* Company-Paid Costco Membership
* Education Reimbursement Program
* Clinical Career Ladders
* Certification Pay
* Generous Discover-a-Star Team Member Referral Program
* Robust Team Member Service Awards
* Early Wage Access
* Legal and Identity Protection

REWARDING WORK YOU WILL DO:

Provides patient care using nursing skills and processes in accordance with applicable scope and standards of practice, keeping within the policies, values and mission of the organization. The RN is a member of the Interdisciplinary Team/Group (IDT/IDG).

* Serves as an educator for quality home-based, routine foot care.
* Assists with orientation of new staff; assessing staff skills for provision of care and communicating evaluation to clinical manager; assesses appropriateness of home-based routine foot care for patients and/or issues of concern.
* Implements a comprehensive infection control program.
* Provides excellent home-based, routine foot care.
* Provides skilled nursing coordination of care to patients (neonates to geriatrics) as determined by the Plan of Care (POC). Uses education, mentoring, guidance and interventions to achieve goals of care.
* Collaborates across disciplines to coordinate patient care; participates in the POC in IDT/IDG meetings as assigned.
* Demonstrates appropriate nursing care, including communicating with attending provider for medications and supplies.
* Educates patients, families, caregivers and community regarding hospice philosophy and palliative treatments or home health, if applicable.
* Supervises Certified Nurse Aides (CNA); delegates specific tasks per agency policy.
* Participates in related services, such as community education, team training, staff/board committees and orientation of employees.

WHAT WE ARE GOING TO LOVE ABOUT YOU:

* Minimum Education: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; BSN preferred.
* Minimum Experience: One to two (1-2) years of experience in hospice and/or palliative care, medical/surgical, public health, oncology, acute care or home health.
* Required License: Current Colorado RN license. Valid Colorado state driver's license and proof of auto insurance.
* Current CPR certification. CPR must be provided and/or obtained within 14 days of hire.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

* Ability to lift/push/pull minimum of 50 lbs.

Colorado Visiting Nurse Association is affiliated with Care Synergy, a nonprofit network of community-based hospice and palliative care organizations serving Colorado's Front Range and the Region's Largest Home Health, Hospice, and Palliative Care Network. Care Synergy provides mission support services to better equip Colorado Visiting Nurse Association to operate as a distinct and independent organization while working together to share best practices and serve more Coloradans along the Front Range.

If you need assistance completing the electronic application please contact our Talent Acquisition team via email at cs-recruitment@caresynergynetwork.org. You may also call the Human Resources Department at (303) 228-5647. Applications can be completed in-person at any one of our affiliate office locations.

The Organization does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, creed, ancestry, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation/identity, transgender status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment based on any of these protected classifications.

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