Home Health: Registered Nurse (RN)

Duties of Position

• Provides nursing care in accordance with the client's Plan of Care.
• Performs comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluations, monitors client's condition, promotes sound health and preventive practices, and coordinates services and educational/training activities.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing services to the patient and family.
• Presents patient's record to the Clinical Record Review Committee, as indicated.
• Consults with the attending physician concerning alterations of Patient Care Plans, checks with the appropriate supervisor, and makes changes, as appropriate.
• Sets up and submits a tally of patient care visits made each day.
• Participates in case conferences, discusses problems concerning the patients and how they may best be handled with supervisor.
• Discusses the need for the involvement of other members of the health team such as the home health aide, the physical therapist, the speech therapist, the occupational therapist, and the medical social worker, etc., with the appropriate supervisor.
• Obtains orders for paraprofessional services and submits a referral to the appropriate personnel.
• Participates in the patient’s discharge planning process.
• Cooperates with other agencies providing nursing or related services to provide continuity of care and to implement a comprehensive care plan.
• Participates in staff development meetings.
• Continually strives to improve his/her nursing care skills by attending in-service education, through formal education, attendance at workshops, conferences, active participation in professional and related organizations and individual research and reading.
• Participates in the development and periodic revision of the physician's Plan of Treatment and processes change orders as needed.
• Enters clinical notes into EMR within required hours of scheduled visit (24 hrs. for non-Oasis visits / 48 hrs. for Oasis visits) and progress notes and other clinical record forms outlining the services rendered.
• Participates in the patient’s discharge planning process.
• Maintains an ongoing knowledge of current drug therapy.
• Substitutes for other nurses as requested by Director of Nursing.
• Complies with Agency dress code policy.
• Maintains efficient flow of Agency work by reporting to work at assigned or scheduled times; follows procedures for notification of absence or time off requests.
• Maintains current TB testing (refer to Health Screening Policy).

Responsibilities

• Carefully coordinates total patient care by conducting comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring the client's condition, promoting sound preventive practices, coordinating services and educational and training activities.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing services to the patient and family.
• Presents patient's record to the Clinical Record Review Committee, as indicated.
• Consults with the attending physician concerning alterations of Patient Care Plans, checks with the appropriate supervisor, and makes changes, as appropriate.
• Sets up and submits a tally of patient care visits made each day.
• Participates in case conferences, discusses problems concerning the patients and how they may best be handled with supervisor.
• Discusses the need for the involvement of other members of the health team such as the home health aide, the physical therapist, the speech therapist, the occupational therapist, and the medical social worker, etc., with the appropriate supervisor.
• Obtains orders for paraprofessional services and submits a referral to the appropriate personnel.
• Participates in the patient’s discharge planning process.
• Cooperates with other agencies providing nursing or related services to provide continuity of care and to implement a comprehensive care plan.
• Participates in staff development meetings.
• Continually strives to improve his/her nursing care skills by attending in-service education, through formal education, attendance at workshops, conferences, active participation in professional and related organizations and individual research and reading.
• Participates in the development and periodic revision of the physician's Plan of Treatment and processes change orders as needed.
• Enters clinical notes into EMR within required hours of scheduled visit (24 hrs. for non-Oasis visits / 48 hrs. for Oasis visits) and progress notes and other clinical record forms outlining the services rendered.
• Participates in the patient’s discharge planning process.
• Maintains an ongoing knowledge of current drug therapy.
• Substitutes for other nurses as requested by Director of Nursing.
• Complies with Agency dress code policy.
• Maintains efficient flow of Agency work by reporting to work at assigned or scheduled times; follows procedures for notification of absence or time off requests.
• Maintains current TB testing (refer to Health Screening Policy).

Qualifications

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Licensed in the State as a Registered Nurse.
• One or more years in home health agency or in a hospital setting preferred.
• Knowledge of Medicare guidelines preferred.
• Preferred working knowledge of home health care and the principles and techniques of professional nursing and required documentation that pertains to it.
• Skilled in organization and in the principles of time management and have knowledge of management processes.
• Contributes to the quality of care being rendered through constructive communication with nursing managers and staff.