Hospice Per Diem RN

Why NVNA & Hospice?

Join a team that boasts an impressive track record of excellence in delivering top-tier home health, hospice, wellness, and public health services to our valued patients and community.

Our non-profit organization is a continued recipient of five-star patient experience ratings with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the highest achievement possible. We are proud to be ranked as a Top 100 Women-Led Business in Massachusetts by Boston Globe Magazine and The Women’s Edge.

Today, NVNA and Hospice is a vibrant agency serving 27 communities and providing 120,000 patient visits per year with a staff of 331—including 123 nurses—and a reputation for excellent care, efficiency, flexibility, and innovative thinking.

We continue to uphold our values of community, high-quality services in a safe environment of care, integrity, professional development, respect and caring, excellent customer service, and employee well-being. We are neighbors helping neighbors.

We are looking for a Clinical Supervisor for our private duty division to work Full Time 40 hours weekly, in this position, you will provide supervision services for families and staff within the parameters of NNVA WORKS which are reflective of the philosophy, mission, and standards established by our Agency. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ensures that quality staff are recruited, hired, orientated, and assigned.


2. Performs duties necessary to maintain quality clinical standards of care.


3. Performs initial screenings of requests for private duty care.


4. Develop, implement, and evaluate outcome-oriented client care plans requiring specialized nursing skills. Obtains family and/or client involvement in the development of such a plan whenever possible. Complete all necessary documentation according to private duty division policies and procedures.


5. Conduct initial evaluation visits and regularly re-evaluate the nursing, therapy, and personal needs of the clients. Initiate, develop, implement, and make necessary changes to the client's plan of care. Addresses all problems in the plan of care or documents rationale for not doing so.


6. Assess the client’s continual care needs and inform the client, the party responsible, the physician, and any other appropriate health professionals as often as needed of any changes in the client's condition.


7. Teaches, supervises, and counsels the client and family regarding home nursing procedures and other care needs as appropriate to the client's condition. Utilizes agency education material as appropriate. Ensuring infection control and safety measures are identified, implemented, and documented.


8. Maintains accurate, timely, and legible records and reports.


9. Works with office manager to ensure appropriate assignments for quality patient, and client services.


10. Negotiates and/or establishes agreements and contracts for private duty services. Evaluate services provided to ensure the quality of care given to patients and clients.


11. Ensures appropriate and adequate inventory of medical supplies used by the private duty staff.


12. Performs periodic performance reviews on all employees in the department to ensure that employees are meeting job expectations.


13. Performs on-site evaluations of staff to assess the maintenance of safe standards of quality care.


14. Addresses patients' clients' and clinicians' complaints or concerns relating to private home care services.


15. Ensures knowledge of and competency of the agency’s policies and procedures with staff that affect job duties, responsibilities, and/or employees' conduct through appropriate communication methods to prevent fraud and abuse on behalf of the agency.


16. Evaluate the working environment of the assignment to determine whether services should be terminated due to unsafe conditions.


17. Maintains the ability to manage a limited caseload to optimize clinical skills as well as provide clinical learning opportunities for both new and existing staff.


18. Represents the agency on various committees and associations as it relates to private duty services.


19. Assists the private duty team with marketing efforts to promote NVNA and Hospice’s private duty offerings to local hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, and local MD offices.


20. Performs other agency-related duties as assigned.

 Experience/Education:

• Registered Nurse, bachelor’s degree preferred


• 5+ years of nursing experience of which 2 are preferred in a community health setting


• 1+ years of supervisory experience preferred


• Marketing and sales experience preferred

What's in it for you?

• Medical, Dental and Vison Benefits


• Company paid Life Insurance and Long-Term Disability


• Generous Paid Time Off Package


• 401 (k) match program


• Tuition Reimbursement and Scholarship Program


• Mileage Reimbursement (in field positions only)

VACCINE REQUIREMENTS: NVNA and Hospice requires full vaccination for Covid-19 and flu as a condition of employment. An exception to this mandatory requirement can be requested.

NVNA and Hospice complies with applicable federal and state civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude people or treat them less favorably because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), sex (including sex characteristics, including intersex traits, pregnancy, or related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity and sex stereotypes), age, disability (including mental illness and substance abuse disorders), genetic material, veteran status, communicable disease, natural or protective hairstyles or any combination, thereof with regard to admission, access to treatment or employment.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.