Registered Nurse

We are adding a Registered Nurse to our Harrison, AR team!

Here at Legacy Hospice, we hire highly talented and uniquely qualified nurses to provide exceptional care to their patients. Our hospice nurses collaborate with patients, their families, and other healthcare professionals to provide essential and quality care during the final stages of patients’ lives.  It is the expectation of Legacy Hospice that our employees communicate with compassion and empathy with their patients, families, and to the communities we serve.

Qualifications:

1. Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.  One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting, and one (1) to two (2) years of recent experience in home care.
2. Current licensure in State and CPR certification.
3. Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
4. Bachelor’s degree, with one (1) year of hospice care experience preferred.
5. Management experience not required.  Responsible for supervising hospice aides.
6. Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
7. Prolonged or considerable walking or standing.  Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients.   Able to lift supplies and equipment.  Considerable reaching, stooping bending, kneeling and/or crouching.  Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
8. Effective social interaction, communication and organizational skills and the ability to perform a variety of tasks efficiently.
9. Personal car for travel and valid driver’s license.
10. Carry personal auto liability insurance coverage.

Once you join the Legacy family, you will proceed with our training program along with support and resources from our leadership team.

Within the first month, you will:

• Get to know your team and become acclimated to the hospice philosophy.
• Complete online training with your team.
• Shadow your team members to learn more about hands on hospice care.
• Your team member will then ride with you while you visit patients to allow opportunity to ask questions while you work.
• After a month of New Hire training, you will be ready to case manage your own patients!

We allow a flexible onboarding schedule to allow you to move at a pace that you are comfortable with. At any time during training, you have any questions, always feel free to ask your Branch Administrator or team members.

About Legacy

The mission of Legacy Hospice is to provide the highest quality end of life care to patients and families through the use of our interdisciplinary team. Through ongoing programs within our company, we promote new innovative ways in caring for our most vulnerable patients.

Legacy Hospice services are provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We work with patients and caregivers with care that is specialized to their needs. Our staff focuses on providing compassionate care, education, and support for all our patients and their loved ones, so they are as comfortable as possible.

We recognize and develop our treatment goals around the concept that hospice is about quality of life, not quantity of days.

Legacy strives not only to provide care to our patients but strives to be a company that our employees can be proud to work for. We work together with one mission, to provide top of the line care at the end of life. We believe we should take care of our patients like our own family and strive to treat each other in the same way. With this goal, Legacy provides a culture of caring for each other.

Benefits of working for Legacy Hospice includes:

• Competitive compensation.
• Insurance and benefit options for your families’ specific needs including a generous company contribution.
• Legacy provides short term disability plans for all employees, along with a life insurance plan.
• Competitive PTO polices and multiple paid holidays off.
• Programs designed to provide opportunity for career advancement.

To apply, click apply now and follow the instructions.