Home Infusion Nurse II - Accredo - Sacramento, CA

Infusion Nurse Ii

Are you ready to utilize your high level of nursing experience and education to care for patients who deserve your expert compassionate care?  The Infusion Nurse II uses advanced education and nursing certification to provide essential in-home intravenous medical treatment, response management, and follow-up care to our patients after receiving a physician order for nursing services. This role represents the company and serves patients with a wide range of personalities in a variety of settings.

What You’Ll Do:

• Travel throughout an assigned geographic region to provide expert patient care in the home, hospital, prescriber office, clinic, and virtual settings. 
• Administer IV infusion and other medications and monitor patients during treatment, providing education on treatment regimen and condition management, and educating on self-administration, when appropriate.
• Coordinate / collaborate with pharmacy teams to address patient status, drug management issues, and treatment needs.
• RN must be able to handle potential crises in a calm and professional manner.
• Document all interactions and communications regarding patient. Obtain prescriber orders as needed, create / maintain Plan of Treatment, and submit patient visit notes within 24 hours of visit utilizing company issued tools.
• Participate in on-call rotation based on service branch needs.
• Assist Nurse Manager / Supervisor with administrative tasks as business need dictates.
• Be a leader among nurse professionals by consistently demonstrating a high level of patient care, documentation, and practice within regulatory, company policies, and evidence based best practices.  This includes providing mentorship and clinical training for new nurses joining our team, inclusive of demonstration of competency and through observation during in-home supervisory visits.

What You’Ll Need:

• Active RN license in the state where you’ll be working and living
• Active, or eligibility to obtain, national certification (CRNI) or other relevant certification.

• Msn Degree Preferred

• Minimum of 5 years of relevant nursing experience including at least 2 years in home infusion or specialized care (e.g., critical care, home care, or rare/chronic conditions). Previous home infusion experience and critical care nursing experience strongly preferred.
• Strong skills in peripheral IV insertion, central lines, PICC lines and port-a-caths.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and navigation of PC and Apple Technology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Valid driver’s license, and a willingness to travel to patients’ homes within a large geographic region
• Ability to work Monday-Friday, but also some evenings and weekends, per business need.

Accredo Specialty Pharmacy, a division of Evernorth Health Services, serves patients with complex and chronic health conditions, including cancer, hepatitis C, HIV, bleeding disorders, and multiple sclerosis.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.For this position, we anticipate offering an hourly rate of 44 - 73 USD / hourly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.

This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.

We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That’s why you’ll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you’ll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.

If you require reasonable accommodation in completing the online application process, please email: SeeYourself@cigna.com for support. Do not email SeeYourself@cigna.com for an update on your application or to provide your resume as you will not receive a response.

The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.

Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.