Registered Nurse; RN - Continuum Home Health; Infusion Liaison), Charlottesville

Position: Registered Nurse (RN) - Continuum Home Health (Infusion Liaison), Charlottesville
Join a passionate, collaborative team dedicated to delivering high-quality, patient-centered care in the comfort of patients' homes. UVA Continuum Home Health Care, the home health and home infusion division of UVA Health, has proudly served the community for more than 30 years. As part of a Magnet-designated academic health system, we are committed to evidence-based practice, clinical excellence, and outstanding patient outcomes.

We are currently seeking an experienced and highly skilled Registered Nurse - Liaison to join our interdisciplinary care team. This role requires excellent customer service skills, a strong clinical background, and demonstrated leadership.

The Nurse Liaison plays a critical role in ensuring the timely and seamless transition of infusion patients from hospital to home. Serving as the first point of contact for new home health referrals, the Liaison is responsible for clinical coordination, reviewing documentation to ensure appropriateness and readiness for home infusion services, and facilitating effective communication among care teams.

The Nurse Liaison works closely with physicians, hospital discharge planners, and interdisciplinary team members to develop individualized plans of care. In addition, this role provides education to patients and caregivers, ensuring they feel confident and supported in managing the IV care required at home.

This job description integrates the ANA Nursing:
Scope and Standards of Practice, and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model.

ANA Scope and Standards of Practice definition of nursing:

Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, facilitation of healing, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities and populations.

Continuum Home Health, RN

* Relationship Based Care - Self and Colleagues: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

* Relationship Based Care - Patients and Families: reflects the influence of the nurse's relationship with self, colleagues and patient/family on the patient experience.

* Expert Caring: encompasses clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating and implementation of care.

* Empowered Leaders: demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.

* Lifelong Learners: encompasses professional development through formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities and recognizes the value of external professional organizations. Supports onboarding of new team members and precepts as applicable.

* Quality Achievement: includes adherence to clinical documentation guidelines, comprehension of outcomes data, engagement in performance improvement activities and commitment to standard work.

* Innovation: is demonstrated by application of technologies that support patient care, actively seeking to implement evidence based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.

* In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.

Continuum Home Health Nurse Manager

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education:

Graduate of an accredited nursing program required. Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.

Experience:

1 year of Relevant Experience

Licensure:
Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia required. Valid Virginia Driver's License required. American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job may require sitting for prolonged periods, frequently standing, traveling, bending/stooping. Proficient communicative, auditory and visual skills;
Attention to detail and ability to write legibly;
Ability to lift/push/pull 20 - 50lbs. May be exposed to chemicals, blood/body fluids and infectious disease.

The starting base rate for this role is $82,992.00 annually. Individual compensation will be determined by the selected candidate's…