Registered Nurse; RN | Horizon Home Health & Hospice | Burley

Qualifications

RN licensed in the State of Idaho. Valid Driver’s License. Home Health and Hospice experience preferred.

• Complete an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs and provide a comprehensive assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluate patient nursing needs.
• Initiate the plan of care and make necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develop a care plan, establishing goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporating therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Include the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provide health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identify discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implement prior to discharge of the patient.
• Act as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor or designee and assume responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
• Adhere to the organization’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.

• Prepare clinical notes and update the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.
• Communicate with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and report any changes in the patient’s condition; obtain/receive physician’s orders as required.
• Communicate with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.

• Participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensure that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.

Horizon Home Health & Hospice is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics.