Registered Nurse Home Care

About the role

Banner Home Health is a four-star home care agency with a track record for quality and excellence. This position offers a full-time position/40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, during the day. There can be on-call sporadically for after hours and weekends on rotation 5:00pm- 8:00am. This position will provide 1:1 home care in Tucson. Enjoy a flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.

Responsibilities

• Affords assessments, plans, implements, evaluates and documents nursing care of patients in accordance with organizational policies and in accordance with standards of professional nursing practice utilizing the framework for professional nursing practice and development.
• Affords accountability for the quality of nursing services delivered by self or others who are under their direction.
• Affords specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skills necessary to assess data and plan, provide and evaluate care appropriate to the physical and developmental age of assigned patients.
• Plans care in collaboration with members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Evaluates the patient's and family's response to care and teaching, and revises the plan of care as needed.
• Evaluates patient progress towards goals and expected outcomes in collaboration with other health care team members.
• Documents assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation in the patient record.
• Provides care based on the best evidence available and may participate in research activities within clinical practice.
• Participates in unit or facility shared leadership.
• Interacts and participates in the education, role development, and orientation of facility personnel, patients, students, families and visitors.
• Promotes/supports growth of others through precepting and mentoring when appropriate.
• Contributes to society through activities that lead to excellent patient outcomes through timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and safe care.
• Acts as a liaison between patients, families, and other health care providers.
• Interacts with clergy to provide spiritual support.
• Synthesizes and prioritizes data from multiple sources to provide support for the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.

Requirements

• Current, valid RN license in state of practice, temporary/interim RN license in state of practice, or compact RN licensure for current state of practice.
• BLS certification is required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Professional certification preferred.

Qualifications

• One year experience in an acute care hospital setting.
• One year experience as a Registered Nurse in a physician practice or an acute care setting.
• Valid driver's license and auto insurance coverage.
• Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of employment.

Skills

• Ability to assess patient physical, psychological, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural and discharge planning needs.
• Ability to formulate a plan of care, including the discharge plan, utilizing assessment data and patient, family and health team input.
• Ability to delegate appropriately, and provide nursing supervision in the provision of care to patients by other licensed nurses and other personnel.
• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, families, and other health care providers.
• Ability to prioritize and synthesize data from multiple sources to support the human response of the patient and family to changes in health status.

Benefits

• Flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.

Pay

Estimated Pay Range: $33.11 - $55.18 / hour

Schedule

This position offers a full time position/40 hours per week, Monday - Friday, during the day. There can be on-call sporadically for after hours and weekends on rotation 5:00pm- 8:00am. This position will provide 1:1 home care in Tucson. Enjoy a flat rate $3/hour weekend shift differential.