CHHA Field RN (UFT union) for Manhattan area

About The Role

The New Jewish Home is a mission-driven nonprofit healthcare system serving all faiths, cultures, and income levels across New York City. The CHHA Department is currently seeking a full-time CHHA Registered Nurse to provide and coordinate multidisciplinary health services for patients in the community.

Responsibilities

• Provides and coordinates cost-efficient patient care that is and reimbursable under the patients’ insurance plan and approved by a physician.
• Verifies insurance plan information, crosschecks patient Insurance ID card at home.
• Accepts case assignment depending on clients’ needs regardless of geographic location.
• Case assignment is all inclusive of CHHA (Certified Home Health Agency) requirements, including initial assessments, revisits and documentation on each day of service.
• Travels to patients’ homes and/or other facilities using approved transportation to deliver direct care to patients.
• Admits patients in the program as needed and in a timely manner.
• Evaluates patient diagnosis and works with Director, Patient Services and physician to assign appropriate primary diagnosis.
• Participates in bi-weekly and PRN meetings to report adherence to frequency and duration of services as per physicians’ order. Reports patients’ progress to team in order for discharge date to be anticipated and set.
• Communicates frequently with PT/OT to ensure adherence to therapy at the frequency and duration ordered by the physician.
• Acts as a coordinator of the multidisciplinary team providing care to patients.
• Establishes a plan of care with input from appropriate multidisciplinary health team members based on goals mutually acceptable to the patient and family.
• Documents content and process of all services provided.
• Maintains updated Home Health Aide (HHA) plan of care and reviews same with HHA and patient/family.
• Communicates with HHA on a regular basis regarding interdisciplinary plan of care, patients’ goals and progress.
• Documents initial and bi-weekly supervision of HHA services.
• Plans, facilitates and documents patients’ discharge from the program.
• Manages caseload as assigned in Manhattan.

Qualifications

• Licence and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State.
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing, BSN preferred.
• A minimum of one year experience in hospital and or minimum of one year experience in a CHHA preferred.