Home Health Transitional Nurse

About the role

Join our team as a Home Team Nurse for a growing company that has a huge heart, fast-paced work environment, and great benefits!

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ post-acute needs in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary Halos Home Team and the patients discharge care providers to ensure continuity of care when discharging home.
• Focus on the medical needs and treatment of infants, children, and/or adolescents primarily in their home according to the active plan of care, as given by the physician and other appropriate personnel.
• Maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
• Conduct on-going patient care and assessments.
• Administer prescribed medications, treatments, and therapies.
• Cookordination of care.
• Educate family members/caregivers on patient clinical care to enhance positive outcomes.
• Preventative initiatives to protect quality of care for patient.
• Provide interim care to patients experiencing gaps due to call offs, vacations and staff shortages with varying acuity and scheduling needs.
• Provide one-on-one training to nurses in the field to ensure a smooth clinical and non-clinical transition assuring continuity of care when the Halo’s Home Team exists the case.
• In conjunction with support staff, serve as a liaison and patient advocate on complicated cases.

Qualifications/Requirements

• Active PA RN or LPN license
• Active CPR
• Trach/vent experience preferred
• Home care preferred
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Adaptability
• Provide care in a client home setting
• Ability to make a positive and lasting impression
• Ability to work as a team member