Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health

About the role

Family-Owned & Operated: Join a trusted home health agency proudly servicing the community for over 40 years with locations throughout Ohio. Meaningful Patient Relationships: Provide one-on-one care to patients in the comfort of their homes, allowing you to build deeper relationships and make a real difference. Independence & Autonomy: Utilize your clinical judgement and critical thinking while managing patient care independently in the field. Supportive Team Culture: Work alongside a collaborative interdisciplinary team that values compassion, communication, and quality patient care. Community Impact: Be part of an organization committed to delivering high-quality home health services across the community.

The Registered Nurse plans, organizes and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.

Responsibilities

• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs.
• Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.
• Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
• Prepares clinical notes daily and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports and changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physicians orders as required.
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
• Participates in on-call duties.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care provided every fourteen days.

Qualifications

• Currently licensed as an RN through the State Board of Nursing.
• Possesses and maintains current CPR certification and valid driver’s license.
• Prefer at least one year general nursing experience, home health, clinical, surgical or critical care experience.
• Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision; good organizational skills.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing.
• Able to lift, position or transfer patients.
• Able to lift supplies and equipment.
• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling or crouching.
• Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or the Agency requirements and is in good working order.
• Flexible and cooperative in fulfilling role obligation.

Benefits

• PTO
• 401‑k