Template – Full-Time RN (all offices with the exception of DE)
Date
Employee Name
Address
Dear ______:
Welcome to Compassionate Care Hospice. It is a pleasure to confirm an offer of employment to you as a Full-Time Registered Nurse. Your gross [insert hourly rate or semi-monthly salary] hourly rate will be $______/[per hr. if applicable] Your position is classified as ______(exempt/non-exempt).
Please be advised that as a full-time Compassionate Care nurse, you may need to do on-call to support nursing operations.
Your official start date is ______, 200___, and you will be required to report to our ______office.
During your first day of employment, you will begin a mandatory new employee orientation and receive the Employee Handbook, which we ask that you review.
The following must be on file prior to your beginning employment with Compassionate Care:
- Professional registration/license/certification/proof of degree;
- Resume
- Completed health clearance form enclosed along with current PPD test result (if positive current chest X-ray results);
- Documentation that establishes your identity and employment eligibility according to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. Please note, you must bring one document from List A or one document from List B and one from List C on the I-9 form (attached);
- Driver’s License, automobile insurance card, social security card;
- Utility bill or phone bill or mortgage bill for home address verification;
- Proof of Rubella immunization (or titer) – (New Jersey and New York only);
- Proof of Rubeola immunization if born after 1957 (or titer) – (New Jersey and New York only);
- Hepatitis B vaccination series (if have one);
- Any documentation showing continuing education completed; and,
- Voided check if you are interested in direct deposit of your payroll.
This offer is contingent upon successful clearance of both a [insert DE or GA or IL or KS or MA or MI or MN or MO or NJ or NY or PA or SD or TX or WI] State and Federal FBI criminal background check. Successful clearance of these registries is required for your employment. Under our insurance policy, employees also are required upon hire and annually to complete an application to have driving records reviewed. Successful clearance of the driving record review also is required for continued employment.
As is the case with other employees of Compassionate Care, you are an “at will” employee, which means that your relationship with Compassionate Care can be terminated with or without cause at any time. You will have a 90-day evaluation period at the end of which time an employment evaluation will be completed. During your first 90 days, we request that vacation not be taken. Additionally, as a new staff member, you are not eligible for holiday pay for the first 30 days. Please note that should you voluntarily or involuntarily leave your employment with Compassionate Care within six months, all background and testing costs as related to your employment will be deducted from your final pay or expenses.
You will be eligible for benefits on ______, which is the first of the month following a successful 90-day evaluation period. You will be responsible for completing the online enrollment/declination processand applicable enrollment forms within the first two weeks of your start date. The benefits you select will determine the amount Compassionate Care will deduct from your paychecks to cover your contribution. If you do not elect medical coverage, you must sign a waiver declining the offer of benefits. Furthermore, if the benefit documentation is not completed before your eligibility date for any benefits, Compassionate Care is not bound to start these benefits retroactive.
Your direct supervisor will be ______, and any questions should be referred to him/her. [NOTE: If a sign-on bonus is part of the employment arrangement, the following sentences are required to be inserted.] As part of your employment, a sign-on bonus totaling $______will be paid. Payment of this bonus will be made through payroll in _____ equal installations. If you should decide to leave Compassionate Carebefore one full year of continuous employment, the sign-on bonus will be owed to Compassionate Care and it will be deducted from your final paycheck, or you will need to reimburse Compassionate Care within seven (7) days of your last date of employment with Compassionate Care. The employee is responsible for filing appropriate local/municipal taxes if not a resident of the municipality in which the Compassionate Care office resides.
Please acknowledge your acceptance of our offer by signing one copy of this letter and returning it to the program office before your start date.
We look forward to working with you. Please contact me if you have any questions or require additional information.
On behalf of the staff at Compassionate Care, I welcome you.
Sincerely,
Program Director
cc: Senior Management
Human Resources Liaison
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New Employee SignatureDate