About Astria

The Astria Health system, headquartered in the heart of the state of Washington’s wine country in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is the largest non-profit healthcare system based in Eastern Washington. Astria Health is the parent non-profit organization of Astria Sunnyside Hospital and Astria Toppenish Hospital and delivers care throughout the Valley through its Astria Health Hospitals and its Astria Ambulatory Care model focused on delivering the highest level of ambulatory and outpatient care in convenient locations in both the Lower and Upper Yakima Valley. Astria Ambulatory Care is designed to meet the changing lifestyles and diverse needs of those living and working throughout the region.

 

Across our healthcare network, you will find a dynamic range of meaningful careers and opportunities for growth and safe workplaces. Whether we use our expertise in accounting, human resources, finance, planning, marketing, or our clinical services in any of our operational divisions, our shared passion for providing exceptional healthcare to our communities motivates us to achieve excellence each day. If you share our passion, we want to hear from you.  

 

Our operating principles define how we come together as a team to do our work. They reflect Astria Health’s unique view on what’s important and right - being a leader in providing innovative, exceptional rural healthcare solutions with kindness and dignity. Documenting this core aspect of our culture helps employees make good decisions independently, cultivate trust through accountability, and go beyond the expected. We believe in continuously escalating the bar for talent and performance because we are obsessed with a commitment to excellence and patient care. It also helps candidates consider career opportunities and evaluate whether they will thrive at Astria Health.

 

Astria Health is seeking a Registered Nurse to join our team! This is for our Home Health department.  This is a per diem position. 

 

 

This position is responsible for the oversight of home health patients individualized plan of care from admission to discharge. You will:

 

Provides services in accordance with the plan of careMakes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needsInitiates the plan of care and necessary revisionsProvides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skillsInitiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing proceduresPrepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policyCoordinates servicesInforms personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patientCounsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needsParticipates in and presents in-service programsUnderstands and adheres to established Agency policies and proceduresProcesses orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition.  Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summariesDetermines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patientRefers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skillsSupervises and teaches other nursing personnelConducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her careParticipates in peer review and Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement as assignedGives total patient care as neededTakes on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as assignedCompletes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames.Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codesAdheres to Federal, state, and accreditation requirements including Medicare and Medicaid regulations.Adhere to infection control, standards of care and patient privacy standards.Performs other duties as assignedMay cross train for Hospice patientsCollaborate effectively across organizational boundaries.Adheres to the core values and standards of the organization.Graduate from an accredited nursing programTwo or more years of direct work experience in healthcare.Current RN Washington State licenseCurrent BLS or complete within 60 days of hireOral and written fluency in the English language.

 

This position is identified as a safety-sensitive position for which impairment while on the job would present a substantial risk of death. As a condition of employment, you will need to authorize and complete a background check. Information received from the background check is reviewed case-by-case and will not necessarily remove an applicant from consideration. This role is part of a union contract.