Home Infusion Nurse - Per Diem - Hunterdon County

Job Responsibilities

• Initiates, develops, and implements intermediate nursing plan of care treatments, evaluating patient progress towards goals.
• Organizes and participates in the provision of direct patient care, performs treatments, administers medications, and educates patients and families/caregivers.
• Modifies plan of treatment in response to changing patient status or physician orders to achieve established or revised patient care goals.
• Affirms patient needs and physical status at each skilled visit through health data access and patient interview.
• Re-evaluates patient needs through physical reassessment, response to therapy, and supplemental physician orders.
• Obtains and clarifies physician orders for plan of treatment revisions, informs physician promptly of significant changes in patient's condition, and provides written summary to physician within supplemental order.
• Provides training and mentorship to Infusion Nurse I’s as needed to ensure patient safety and compliance.
• Effectively and safely teaches using patient-centered care approach for patient and family to achieve independence with prescribed therapy and care needs through active participation per plan of treatment goals.
• Effectively and timely communicates with Option Care’s Clinical team, medical providers, patients, and families/caregivers to facilitate continuity of care.
• Prepares clinical documentation in real-time during visits and submits to the nursing department to comply with established timelines for billing optimization.
• Completes all documentation legibly and applies approved abbreviations and documentation error correction practices per Option Care’s policy.
• Captures discharge planning and prepares discharge summaries with patient instructions and thoroughly reports patient care needs, progress and goals when transferring care.
• Demonstrates compliance with agency operations, Option Care’s policies and procedures, professional standards, local, state, federal regulations/guidelines, and accreditation standards.
• Maximizes work efficiency through the use of computers and other automation technologies to validate plan of treatment orders, communicates patient care provided, and follows assigned visit schedule.
• Responds promptly and appropriately to patient requests.
• Initiates emergency procedures as necessary.
• Accepts accountability for own practice through ethical and professional conduct.
• Follows established programs and practice within policies and procedures reflective of Option Care’s mission, values, and objectives.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information including adherence to HIPAA regulations.
• Speaks knowledgeably about Option Care’s scope of services and effectively instructs patients about related financial obligations for care and service charges.
• Attends and completes required training modules, in-services, and continuing education to maintain competency and professional licensure for demonstrated knowledge regarding the care and management of patients in the home and/or alternate care settings.

Qualifications

• Active and unrestricted RN license in the state of practice.
• Current CPR certification required.
• Demonstrated competency in patient care standards required for safe delivery of services and infusion skill sets applicable to agency programs and service needs.
• Advanced certification and training as applicable.
• Required licensure to operate a motor vehicle in the state of practice with access to a vehicle for business travel with proof of liability insurance.
• Basic knowledge of computer operating systems and software applications with the ability to self-evaluate for annual appraisal and jointly sets professional growth goals with nurse manager.

Physical Demands

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds with a maximum lifting of 75 pounds.
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, or up to 10 pounds of force frequently.
• Physical demands may involve walking, standing, crouching, kneeling, turning, pivoting, balancing, stooping, reaching overhead, grasping, pushing, pulling, lifting and carrying.
• Fine motor skills and visual acuity required by this job include ability to see up close and from a distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
• Team members in this job classification have the likelihood of occupational exposure to blood, body fluids and other potentially infectious materials.
• May be exposed to hazardous substances with possible effect on reproduction, injury from needles, other sharps, fumes, chemicals, humidity, cold, heat, adverse weather elements, animals, secondhand smoke/vape and unpredictable home environments.
• Safety requirements include closed toe-shoes, facemask, goggles, gown and/or gloves and functioning device for communication in both routine and emergency situations.

Travel Requirements

• Willing to travel up to 100% of the time for business purposes.