In-Home Services RN

Responsibilities

• Provides skilled nursing care in accordance with InnovAge policies and all applicable regulations to participants and performs related administrative tasks for InnovAge.
• Triages participant and staff phone calls to determine priority of care and routes accordingly.
• Schedules outside appointments for participants when necessary.
• Assists in the examination, testing, and treatment of participants.
• Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Implements orders written by primary care physician(s).
• Instructs participants and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Schedules specialist and other appointments for participants and assists in hospital admissions.
• Performs general nursing care on participants including administering prescribed medications and treatments.
• Documents all necessary information and maintains participant medical record(s) and fulfills agency charting and reporting requirements.
• Administers medications, provides training in self-administration of all non-scheduled medications, and monitors medication compliance.
• Provides health counseling to participants and their families on an individual or group basis.
• Observes, records, and reports participant’s condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians.
• Performs nursing care to clients in their place of residence.
• Assesses and re-assesses participants to determine individual needs and to ensure the least restrictive environment.
• Assesses participants to determine change in condition that necessitates a change in level of care and coordinates the plan of care with Home Care resources.
• Furnishes those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skill.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each client visit and summaries of care conferences for clients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
• Conducts client care conferences on clients assigned to his/her care.
• Participates in peer review and quality management as assigned.
• Participates in utilization review of medical records as assigned.
• Processes orders and notifies physicians of client needs and changes in condition.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual client.
• Ensures that quality care is delivered by home care team to site participants via periodic participant/caregiver inquiry, intermittent review of care plan, and trending of data from various reports/supervisory visits in collaboration with the Home Care Manager.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and Medical Social Worker for those clients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises the LPN every 30-days and supervises the HHA/CNA every 14-days (or per regulatory requirements) and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Additional work functions and duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Associate’s degree in nursing.
• Current State issued Registered Nurses License.
• Current First Aid and BLS certifications are required prior to hire (acceptable vendors: American Heart Association and/or American Red Cross).
• Personal transportation, current state issued driver’s license, good driving record, and auto insurance as required by law.
• 1+ year working with the frail or elderly.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Certification as a Gerontological Nurse.
• 3 years of health care experience with emphasis in geriatrics.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish, Russian, Punjabi, or Hmong).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Short and long-term disability.
• Life insurance and AD&D.
• Supplemental life insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan with company match.
• Paid time off and company-paid holidays.

Pay

Posted pay range: $41.73 - $54.28 per hour.