Home Health Registered Nurse RN SE

About the role

All About Home Care is a Houston-based home health care agency founded in 2004. We provide quality home health services to the Houston and surrounding areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide services in accordance with the plan of care.
• Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
• Initiates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing skills.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient’s visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
• Informs personnel in changes in the conditions and needs of the patient.
• Counsels the patient and the family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Participates in and presents in-service programs.
• Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
• Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition.
• Completes certification/re-certification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/ her care.
• Participates in peer review and performance improvement as assigned.
• Gives total patient care as needed.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in the state of Texas.
• Home Health skilled nursing experience required, RN.
• High clinical skills with emphasis on wound care/vac & IV.
• RNs must have OASIS experience.
• Bilingual in Spanish highly preferred.
• Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.