LPN - or RN - Home Care Nurse - GREAT PAY, GREAT BENEFITS AND GREAT SCHEDULE - M -F 8.30 AM - 5:00 PM

Responsibilities

• Reviews and implements Provider’s orders.
• Conducts nursing assessments according to policy guidelines including physical, psychosocial, behavioral, and MDS-HC as indicated.
• Involves participants and significant other(s) based on needs and abilities.
• Delivers care to participants in the home setting, including skilled services, based on individualized needs and according to age-appropriate nursing standards.
• Provides for cultural and diverse needs of participants when providing care.
• Makes and evaluates therapeutic interventions.
• Participates in the development and ongoing review of each participant’s care plan.
• Delegates and/or accepts participants’ care responsibilities to other members of the health care team, when appropriate.
• Identifies emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing orders/interventions.
• Maintains the needs of participants in a timely manner.
• Collaborates with IDT members to meet the needs of participants.
• Consistently documents all aspects of participant care, including significant changes in health status, monthly nurses’ notes, and health care teaching in the medical record.
• Assists in the delivery of other nursing services as assigned.
• Participates in the nursing “on-call” rotation as assigned.
• Initiates and completes falls, infection, grievance, and incident reports.
• Active participant in the site specific committees.
• Participates in the post IDT huddle and any other additional meetings when required.
• Performs all duties in accordance with FCHP and Summit ElderCare policies and procedures.
• Functions independently to administer medications and treatments as ordered by the provider.
• Functions independently in the home care nurse role.
• Independent in performing a nursing assessment and executing the plan of care in all settings the participant may be in.
• Medication administration
• Bladder scans
• EKG
• Point of Care
• Glucometer testing

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Current license as an RN in the state of Massachusetts.
• CPR and Alzheimer’s certification, or willingness to be certified within 60 days of hire, is essential.
• At least two years of recent experience in the direct care of adults or chronically disabled persons, with at least one year caring for a frail or elderly population.
• Ambulatory care or home care experience is helpful.
• Access to reliable transportation to perform work throughout the PACE center’s service area (30-mile radius) when needed.
• Willingness to occasionally assist other SE PACE centers either in person or remotely, as appropriate, when there is an opening or a gap in coverage.