Registered Nurse-VHS-Homecare-FT (Bergen, Passaic & Morris Counties)

About the role

At Hackensack Meridian Health, our team members are the heart of what makes us better. We help our patients live better, healthier lives and support each other to succeed. Our culture is rooted in connection and collaboration, and our employees are team members. We offer competitive benefits, support, and resources to help you thrive.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional nursing care to patients in their home through assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of home nursing care needs on an individual and continuous basis.
• Absolutely comply with appropriate physician orders and ensure visit frequency follows physician orders.
• Absolutely document compliance with physician's orders and progress towards goals at discharge.
• Absolutely ensure that assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of patient care align with policy, procedure, and standard of care.
• Care for patients and significant others in a holistic manner.
• Ensure safe patient care is provided.
• Accurately complete assigned treatments and procedures according to established standards and policies.
• Utilize interdisciplinary team and accurately document all activities.
• Make clinical judgments and critical thinking reflective of professional standards of care and codes of ethics.
• Document clinical decisions through appropriate systems.
• Identify appropriate payors and remain compliant with authorizations for self and other disciplines as necessary.
• Maintain visit frequency with authorization range.
• Utilize secure messaging to insurance nurse for all authorizations.
• Absolutely document assessment, interventions, and planning to meet organization timelines.
• Complete nursing assessment, medication reconciliation, and collaborate with physician on Plan of Care.
• Update care plan within two weeks of changes in patient status.
• Implement specific teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care.
• Absolutely document appropriate teaching strategies in the medical chart that are consistent with goals and plans.
• Report patient care problems to manager or appropriate nursing management personnel and/or physician in a timely manner with possible solutions.
• Absolutely document case communication.
• Absolutely utilize manager as a resource.
• Act as liaison among physician, Manager of Clinical Practice, and other members of the health care team to ensure effective coordination and appropriate resource referrals.
• Absolutely ensure coordination of services is effective and meets client's needs.
• Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers of patient care loads, either on a daily basis or whenever vacation days/time-off are scheduled.
• Complete routine assignments accurately, consistently, and independently in a timely manner without the need for supervision.
• Meet productivity requirements on a consistent basis.
• Act as clinical supervisor of para-professional home health aide staff.
• Complete supervisory visits within regulatory time frame and assure visits are documented.
• Participate in the evaluation of home health aide staff.
• Maintain awareness of new/updated standards and incorporate these into nursing practice throughout the continuum of care.
• Absolutely demonstrate knowledge of current practices' guidelines in documentation.
• Demonstrate flexibility with job responsibilities in all areas.
• Adhere to HMH's Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Lift a minimum of 50 lbs., push and pull a minimum of 50 lbs., and stand a minimum of 8 hours a day.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma Certificate in Nursing
• Minimum of six (6) months RN experience or at least 1 year of LPN experience, preferably in home care or hospice
• PC Experience/Skills
• Education, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred: BSN
• Licenses And Certifications Required: NJ State Professional Registered Nurse License. AHA Basic Health Care Life Support HCP Certification.
• Licenses And Certifications Preferred: IV Certification
• HMH is committed to pay equity and transparency for our team members.