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Job Description:
***Program starting August 1st, 2025***
Who We Are:
The VNA of Manchester and Southern New Hampshire provides 24/7 in-home support and services to patients in Manchester and the surrounding communities. We are committed to helping our patients navigate the challenges they face at home while recovering from surgery or coping with life-limiting illnesses or physical disabilities. The VNA care team provides individualized care across the continuum, bringing peace of mind to patients and their loved ones while providing professional healthcare services in the comfort of home.
About the VNA Nurse Residency Program:
Delivers care to patients and families with needs ranging from basic to complex utilizing the nursing process. Creates a therapeutic and caring environment for patient and families. Practices in a manner consistent with the Elliot Hospital Interprofessional Practice model; the ANA’s Social Policy Statement, Scope and Standards of Practice, and the Nursing Code of Ethics; and relevant specialty standards of practice. Designed for recent RN graduates from accredited programs, our New England Home Health Nurse Residency Program provides clinical support and evidence-based training during a 12-month program as the new graduate transitions from graduation to professional home health care nurse. This unique and comprehensive program offers virtual training and focused learning opportunities to a group of newly employed home health nurse residents while each nurse resident is receiving individualized clinical training, preceptor guidance, and clinical manager support in their new place of employment. The virtual education and discussion with peers, in combination with the individualized clinical experiences, provides a path to learning new skills, advancing nursing career goals, and providing expert nursing care to home health care patients.
This 12-month, paid, comprehensive, evidence-based, and standardized Nurse Residency Program promotes critical thinking, clinical skills, mentored problem-solving, and leadership skills. RN Nurse residents participate in educational and professional development sessions with their nurse resident cohort while developing expertise in the home health nurse role through tailored support at VNA Home Health and Hospice Services, Inc.
Innovation & Inspiration
- Embraces and promotes change to support optimal patient outcomes and an effective professional practice environment.
Collaboration & Continuity in Caring
- Involves patient/family in goal setting and planning and communicates that plan of care to patient and family for input; and to colleagues to ensure seamless care across shifts and settings.
Accountability
- Demonstrates accountability for continued professional growth and development.
- Demonstrates accountability for own role in smooth operations of unit.
- Demonstrates the ability to recognize and manage rapidly changing situations.
Respect & Role Modeling
- Utilizes current evidence and relevant national/specialty standards to guide practice and/or performance and identifies areas for improvement.
- Demonstrates competent clinical practice utilizing clinical decision making and critical thinking skills.
Experiences and training sessions are designed for the Nurse Resident to:
- Experience a structured and supportive first-work experience that promotes professional growth and development.
- Gain an in-depth understanding of the home health care nurse role and develop expertise in evidence-based practice for home health care patients.
- Attain comprehensive knowledge and competency in clinical skills in providing quality care for home health care patients experiencing illness and related treatment regimens.
- Implement patient-focused interventions to mitigate adverse events and rehospitalizations.
- Contribute to the quality delivery of home health care as a professional member of the home health care team.
What You’ll Do:
- Exemplifies a professional role model, coaches and mentors others. Holds self and others accountable. Communicates in a professional, respectful manner.
- Adheres to all enterprise wide and departmental policies and procedures. Maintains compliance with timekeeping and attendance.
- Uses time and material resources effectively and contributes expense reduction.
- Effective team contributor. Collaborates with peers, supports new ideas and offers solutions. Participates in staff meetings, special projects, teams, outside courses, cross training, and committees. Supports organizational and departmental goals and strategic imperatives.
- Work closely with the home health agency RN Preceptor and Clinical Manager to develop clinical skills and knowledge and provide quality home health care as a professional member of the home health team.
- Complete on-line professional training modules and materials.
- Participate in huddles and discussions with Nurse Resident cohort regarding curriculum topics and case scenarios, via web-conferencing tool.
- Experience professional development through regular conferencing and patient-focused discussions with agency preceptor and clinical manager.
- Acquire clinical skills and competency verification.
- Orient to electronic health record and gain proficiency in clinical documentation.
Job Qualifications:
- Education: Graduate from an accredited nursing degree program required: Associate degree in nursing (ADN). Successfully pass the NCLEX exam (required by August 1, 2025). Bachelor of science degree in nursing (BSN) is preferred.
- Licensure/Certification: Registered nurse license in New Hampshire (required, application submitted by August 1, 2025). Basic life support (BLS) certificate required. Nurses are expected to pursue professional certification upon eligibility or within three years of entering the specialty practice.
- Skills: Ability to advance basic computer skills as the health system adds new systems or performs upgrades to existing systems.
Why You’ll Love Us:
- Health, dental, prescription, and vision coverage for full-time & part-time employees
- Short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage
- Competitive pay and earned time accrual plan
- Tuition Reimbursement and career advancement opportunities
- 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan
- Supplemental benefits, including access to the Welliot Health Center
- And more!
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Work Shift:
M-F 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
SolutionHealth is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
