Weekend Registered Nurse

Primary 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
• Documentation and Care Delivery
• Provides 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
• Ensures quality care and service excellence
• Quality
• 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
• Teamwork
• Takes direction from Clinical Director and Executive Director professionally and completes assigned tasks timely, including required learning
• Aids in the orientation of new agency personnel and serves as a preceptor to other staff and students
• 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

Required Qualifications

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

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

Pay and Benefits

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements).

The hourly pay for this role will range from $28.27 to $50.48 per hour based on full-time employment.

We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable