Community Health Nurse (Fee For Service)

Job Description

Job Description

Fee for Service Rates:

Initial & ROC Weekday visit rate: $100

Initial & ROC Weekend/Holiday visit rate: $120

Revisit visit rate: $85

Orientation daily rate: $250

In-Service hourly rate: $55

MJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah and Isabella Centers, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own employees.

At MJHS, quality care is our mission. We are committed to creating a workforce as diverse as our community. We have a great culture; we offer great benefits that include a work/life balance and competitive rates.

MJHS attracts individuals who see their work as a calling as well as a job. Professionals in every job category have stated that they appreciate being left to make their own decisions, are encouraged to voice their opinions, and are given the necessary breathing room to do their work with minimal supervision. Yet, at the same time, they feel that management and their co-workers are solidly behind them and readily accessible.

MJHS Home Care provides advanced clinical services and emotional support to patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery. With a comprehensive range of services supported by an integrated health system, patients can recover in the familiar surroundings of their home.

Patients trust and rely on your judgment. And so do we!

Someone with your depth of compassion, clinical insight and strong decision-making capabilities is the ideal person to map out and oversee the process of a patient's recovery from illness, injury or surgery at home.

• You will provide a full range of advanced clinical home care services, including patient assessment, medication management and patient/family education
• You will assume the ongoing, primary responsibility to coordinate, implement and continually evaluate the home care needs of your patients
• You will review patient insurance information and coordinate activities involved in each individual care plan and make sure that pertinent findings are shared with family and professional caregivers

• Current NYS RN license and registration required
• Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred; Associate's degree required
• Minimum of one year acute medical-surgical nursing experience required
• Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA) experience preferred
• Valid driver license and car is required for Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens regions