In-Home Services RN

About the role

The In-Home Services RN provides skilled nursing care in accordance with InnovAge policies and all applicable regulations to participants and performs related administrative tasks. Physical attendance at an InnovAge facility and/or participant home is essential to performing the job duties.

Responsibilities

• 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 for certifications are from either American Heart Association and/or American Red Cross
• Require 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

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

Pay

Posted pay range: $41.73 - $54.28. The pay may vary depending on job related factors, such as work location, experience, knowledge, skills, education, certifications, training and internal equity.

Benefits

InnovAge offers a comprehensive benefits package, which includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) plan with company match, short and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental life insurance, AD&D, flexible spending account, paid time off and company paid holidays.