Registered Nurse-Home Care

Overview:

Provides high-quality comprehensive nursing care to meet the needs of the patient/client and manages/coordinates the delivery of cost-effective multidisciplinary healthcare services for a caseload of patients/clients consistent with philosophy, policy, goals, objectives, and Standards of Nursing Practice. Works under moderate supervision.

Job Description:

As part of our client's Team, Staff RNs render short-term rehab care to patients in the home setting. With the support of the field team--including RNs, LPNs, supervisors, and other providers in the collaborative care team--RNs meet patients in their most comfortable setting to provide quality, comfort-based care and education.

Responsibilities:

- Render care following our client's policy, goals, objectives, philosophy, and Standards of Nursing Practice.

- Direct, hands-on patient care, including wound care; management of IV's and catheters; administration of medications

- Case management responsibilities, including: scheduling; assessments; assessments; referrals; documentation.

- Assess the physical, psychological, and social needs of patients and environmental conditions to develop an effective plan of care

- Travel to patients' homes to render care

- All types of patient visits, including start of care and revisits

- Report to regional leadership

- Participation in regional team activities, including "buddying" with selected staff during orientation and providing feedback on performance

- Documents content and process of all services provided following government regulations/requirements, and our client's Health policies, practices, and procedures

- Initiates and maintains written (including clinical and progress notes) and verbal communications with team members and management to ensure optimal patient/client care.

Qualification required:

• 2+ years of experience in ANY of the following:
  • Medical-Surgical (Med-Surg)
  • Home Health

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of New York (NY)

Preferred:

• Bachelor's degree or higher