Home Health RN

Responsibilities

• Perform initial and follow‑up care to homebound patients, coordinate treatment programs based on evaluative findings, and revise nursing care when patient status changes. Administer nursing services as ordered by physician.
• Participate in departmental activities to promote continuous quality improvement and maintain productivity at budgeted levels.
• Direct and supervise the application of nursing services by supportive personnel, including Home Health Aides.
• Ensure best possible care by communicating with client and/or family and meeting client needs for courtesy, information, physical care, emotional care, safety, privacy, and confidentiality of patients undergoing care by Home Health Services.
• Prepare, submit, and maintain patient records and reports as required by departmental, hospital, state, and national standards, including Home Health charges and progress notes.
• Communicate with physicians and other healthcare personnel regarding patient progress, treatment programs, or other pertinent information.
• Follow all infection control procedures and policies (including use of universal/standard precautions).
• Report significant client status changes to Primary Care Physician.
• Perform activities related to necessary ongoing operation of the department: order supplies; restock supplies; clean; file information.
• Market the service to physicians and the community through meetings, seminars, and health fairs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Serve as a resource for professional knowledge concerning nursing care and services.
• Arrange and maintain daily schedule of patients.
• Act as a clinical instructor for nursing and other programs sending students to facility.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Excellent communication skills, ability to communicate well with clients and co‑workers, analytical thinking, planning, and organization.

One year experience in home health preferred.

May require frequent sitting, standing, walking, bending, and grasping. Occasionally requires lifting and carrying up to 55 lbs. May also require pushing and pulling up to 55 lbs. Job requires full range of body motion, with occasional twisting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crawling, and reaching. Job may require reaching overhead. Job requires ability to handle and lift clients. Eye‑hand coordination and finger and manual dexterity are required.

Requires corrected hearing and vision to a normal range. Job requires working under stressful conditions and/or irregular hours. Some exposure to communicable diseases, sharps, and hazardous material is anticipated. Job may require exposure to body fluids and radiation. Requires ability to distinguish letters and symbols. Use of office equipment such as telephones, computers, copying machines, and intercom may be required.

Repetitive movements such as writing or typing are required.

Must be available to work weekends and holidays, with potential for varied shifts, overtime, cost‑containment absent days, or standby time. Must comply with uniform requirements.