Registered Nurse - RN - Home Health - Full Time

This full-time position provides nursing care to clients in their homes, coordinating with interdisciplinary teams, clients, families, and referring agencies. You will work with patients of all ages across diverse clinical needs and living situations.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial and ongoing assessments to identify physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs of home health clients, including OASIS assessments at appropriate time points
• Regularly reevaluate client nursing needs and evaluate outcomes of care
• Assist clients in recovery or maintenance of life functions and prevent illness and relapse
• Develop, initiate, and revise the Plan of Care as necessary to ensure quality and continuity of care
• Initiate appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures and plan for client discharge from services
• Provide effective communication to clients, families, team members, and other healthcare professionals
• Participate regularly in case conferences
• Apply infection control and universal precaution concepts to protect clients and staff
• Coordinate services and inform physicians and other personnel of changes in client condition and needs
• Monitor assigned cases to ensure compliance with third-party payer requirements
• Complete appropriate documentation in a timely manner
• Supervise, teach, and provide clinical direction to other nursing personnel such as LVN/LPN, HHA, and CNA
• Perform on-call responsibilities and provide on-call services to clients and families as assigned
• Participate in in-service programs and maintain or improve competency
• Meet mandatory continuing education requirements

Clinical Setting

• Works in patients' homes in various conditions
• Possible exposure to bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, and infectious diseases
• Some exposure to unpleasant weather
• PRN emergency call responsibilities

Required Qualifications

• One year of experience as an RN in a clinical care setting
• Completion of an accredited Registered Nursing Program
• Current state professional RN license in any applicable states
• Current CPR certification
• Current driver's license in good standing
• Reliable transportation and auto liability insurance
• Ability to read, write, and comprehend English
• Hepatitis profile if required to make visits

Preferred Qualifications

• Home health experience
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged standing and walking
• Ability to lift and transfer up to 50 pounds
• Ability to meet deadlines and patient needs, make quick decisions, and allocate resources under stressful conditions
• Ability to meet patient and family individualized psychosocial needs
• Hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity

Schedule and Travel

• Full-time position
• Flexible schedule required
• Ability to travel locally
• Ongoing employment requires maintenance of a valid RN license and valid CPR certificate at all times. It is your responsibility to renew both before they expire to continue employment.