Registered Nurse: Home Health

Summary:

A Registered Nurse administers skilled nursing care to patients on an intermittent basis in their place of residence. This is performed by physician orders and plan of care under the direction and supervision of the Director of Clinical Services/Clinical Manager.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Provides services by the plan of
• Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing
• Initiates the plan of care and necessary
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on their patients promptly as per CFP
• Coordinates
• Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patient.
• Counsel the patient and family/significant others to meet nursing and related
• Participates in and presents in-service
• Understands and adheres to established CFP policies and
• Processes orders and notifies physicians of patient needs and changes in Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each
• Refers to Physical therapists, Speech-Language Pathologists, Occupational therapists, and Medical Social Those patients require specialized skills.
• Supervises and teaches other nursing
• Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to their
• Participates in peer review, quality assessment, and performance improvement as
• Gives total patient care as
• Takes on-call duty nights, weekends, and holidays, as
• Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges, and significant condition changes by CFP defined time

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in the state(s) in which practicing.
• Two (2) years of home health nursing experience, preferred.
• Acceptance of philosophy and goals of Caring for People Home HealthCare (CFP).
• Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
   
• Home infusion knowledge is a plus.

Physical Requirements and Risk Exposure:

Ability to perform the following tasks if necessary:

• Must be able to participate in physical activity.
• Ability to stand, walk, and engage in moderate lifting or transferring.
• Must be able to perform bending, standing, and lifting on a routine basis.