Registered Nurse

About the role

As a Registered Nurse in Home Health at Deaconess HomeCare, you will provide and direct nursing care to patients in their homes as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policies. You will coordinate the total plan of care with other health care professionals, maintain continuity of patient care, and support meaningful connections with patients, families, and the community.

Responsibilities

• Initiates, develops, implements, and revises the plan of care in collaboration with the physician and other health care professionals
• Supervises care provided by home health aides and licensed practical/vocational nurses, provides instruction, and assigns tasks according to State and federal regulations
• Provides required supervisory visits
• Provides high-quality clinical services within the scope of practice and infection control standards, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other health care team members
• Completes comprehensive assessments (OASIS) including medication reconciliation accurately and timely
• Documents patient visits per policy and payer requirements, and syncs timely per LHC policy
• Makes initial and/or comprehensive nursing evaluation visits, ensures patients meet home health eligibility and medical necessity guidelines, determines primary focus of care, develops the plan of care within State guidelines with the physician, and submits accurate documentation
• Communicates relevant information timely and effectively with appropriate agency staff, including patient care issues, visit assignments, schedule changes, orders, OASIS data sets, coding requests, and coordination with other clinicians
• Communicates timely and effectively with physicians, patients, and family members to ensure quality care and service excellence
• Takes direction from Clinical Director and Executive Director professionally and completes assigned tasks timely, including required learning
• Assists in the orientation of new agency personnel and serves as a preceptor to other staff and students
• Actively participates in survey/survey readiness activities and performance improvement plans, works to reduce unnecessary patient hospitalizations, improve patient safety, and implements processes and best practices to ensure positive patient outcomes
• Participates in on-call and weekend rotation as needed to meet patient needs
• Adheres to and participates in the agency's utilization management model
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Required Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice
• Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation

Preferred Qualifications

• Current CPR Certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire
• 1+ years of Home Health experience
• Ability to work independently
• Solid communication, writing, and organizational skills

Pay

• Annual total cash target pay: $67,905 – $101,857
• Hourly rate: $32.65 – $48.97
• Per visit point rate: $39.18 – $58.76

Annual total cash compensation assumes full-time employment (40 weekly hours) at full productivity and is based on several factors including local labor markets, education, work experience, and may increase over time based on productivity and performance. Compensation includes earnings from per visit point pay and hourly pay. When conducting visits, pay is calculated by multiplying the per visit point rate by the productivity points assigned to the visit. Visits are assigned based on patient and business needs. Non-visit activities such as orientation are paid at the hourly rate. All applicable minimum wage laws are complied with.