RN, Home Health,

Territory Coverage: Luzerne County, PA

About the Role

As the Registered Nurse in Home Health, 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, ensuring continuity of patient care by planning and exchanging information with physicians, agency personnel, patients, families, and community resources.

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.
• Delivers 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.

Requirements

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice.
• 1+ years of Home Health experience.
• Current Driver's License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation.
• Current CPR Certification.
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently.
• Solid communication, writing, and organizational skills.

Benefits

• $10,000 sign-on bonus available for full-time hires.
• Flexible schedules, mileage reimbursement, and benefits packages available for eligible full-time and part-time employees.
• Comprehensive benefits package, recognition programs, equity stock purchase, and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

Pay

Pay Range: $71,677 - $107,516 annual total cash target pay.

• $41.35 - $62.03 hourly rate.
• $34.46 - $51.69 per visit point.

Annual total cash compensation for this role assumes full-time employment (40 weekly hours) at full productivity and generally follows the range above. Total cash compensation includes earnings from per visit point pay and hourly pay and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. This role receives two types of compensation depending on the work being performed. When conducting visits, you will be paid per visit point rate compensation. Your per visit pay will be calculated by multiplying your per visit point rate by the productivity points you accrue for various types of visits. Each type of visit is assigned a certain number of productivity points that is inclusive of "direct" and "indirect" patient care activities. Visits are assigned based on patient and business needs. The number of visits performed each week will vary based on individual productivity targets and the productivity points assigned to the visits performed. You will be paid your hourly rate for certain non-visit activities such as orientation. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.