Registered Nurse RN Home Health PRN

About the role

At Elara Caring, we care where you are and believe the best place for your care is where you live. We know there’s no place like home, and that’s why our teams continue to provide high-quality care to more than 60,000 patients each day in their preferred home setting.

Responsibilities

• Ensures that all activities performed align with the vision of Elara Caring’s board of directors, executive team, and the leadership of the Home Health team.
• Assesses assigned case load of home health care patients and families to identify the physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs of patients as evidenced by documentation, clinical records, Interdisciplinary Team reports, after hours reports, and on-site evaluations.
• Maintains patient and staff privacy and confidentiality pursuant to HIPAA Privacy Final Rule.
• Assumes primary responsibility for caseload, including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the plan of treatment.
• Absorbs the initial evaluation and re-evaluates the patient’s nursing needs during each visit.
• Communicates significant findings, problems, and changes in health condition, environment, or unsafe facility conditions to the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and/or other personnel involved with patient care.
• Revises the plan of care in response to identified patient care issues and notifies the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and other team members.

Requirements

• Current, unrestricted state RN licensee
• 1+ year experience in a clinical care setting as a nurse
• The ability and willingness to lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment
• Able and willing to travel within branch/office coverage area
• A dependable vehicle, valid driver’s license, and current auto insurance in accordance with state laws
• The ability and willingness to travel 50%

Qualifications

• An Associates Degree or Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing is preferred
• Previous Home Health or Hospice Experience is preferred
• Previous experience with HomeCare HomeBase is preferred

Skills

None specifically listed in the job posting.

Benefits

Elara offers a broad range of benefits. Learn more at https://careers.elara.com/us/en/benefits.

Pay

Compensation for this role will be determined based on a variety of factors, including qualifications, skills, competencies, and relevant experience.

Schedule

Not specified in the job posting.