On Call Visiting Nurse (RN, Registered Nurse) - HomeCare

Location: 34 Ledgebrook Dr, Mansfield (10179)

About the role

Join Hartford HealthCare at Home, Connecticut’s largest provider of homecare services with over 115 years of experience. As an On Call Visiting Nurse, you’ll be part of a team of over 40,000 colleagues delivering person-centered care using cutting-edge technology. This role allows you to make a real difference in the lives of clients and their families while growing within our comprehensive healthcare network.

Responsibilities

• Assume responsibility for evening, night, weekend, and holiday on-call duty as scheduled, consistent with Agency policies and procedures.
• Manage primary responsibility for total region census during assigned shift, including assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating phases of the nursing process.
• Maintain regular communication with Nurse Supervisors, attending physicians, and case managers concerning patient/family care needs and response to interventions.
• Respond to medical or emotional crises and make home visits to provide direct care as appropriate.
• Review referrals and initiate contact with clients and families.
• Conduct complete nursing assessments based on referral data, client/family interviews, and clinical observation of patient health status.
• Demonstrate clinical expertise in symptom management.
• Develop and modify a plan of care in collaboration with clients and all disciplines, documenting need for services, discharge planning, goals, and resource utilization.
• Demonstrate understanding of payer information to maximize care planning.
• Initiate and maintain client records utilizing the Agency’s documentation standards.
• Make follow-up visits to provide skilled care, assess disease progress, evaluate treatment response, and coordinate care with providers.
• Teach patients and reinforce client/caregiver education, including signs and symptoms, to promote health and prevent disease.
• Refer, collaborate, and coordinate all client care services, consulting with physicians regarding client needs and plan of care.
• Direct LPNs, Home Care Aides, and supervise their plan of care.
• Refer clients/families to other community resources as needed.
• Attend and participate in in-service education programs.
• Seek consultation and guidance from supervisors.
• Complete reporting requirements on a timely basis.
• Actively participate in the H3W improvement process to identify service line needs and development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Provide skilled nursing care to clients in their homes or community health settings, ensuring delivery of outcome-based, high-quality, cost-effective care.

Requirements

• Graduate of an Associate’s or diploma program in nursing (required). Graduate of an NLN-approved BSN program (preferred).
• One year of nursing experience or one year of nursing in a specialty (required); medical/surgical or home care experience (preferred).
• Registered Nurse with a license to practice in the state of Connecticut (required).
• Computer skills.

Benefits

Hartford HealthCare offers a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance, along with exciting opportunities for career development and growth across various locations in the state.