Registered Nurse RN Home Health El Paso Texas

About the Role

Well Med, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Registered Nurse RN Home Health to join our team in El Paso, TX.

Optum is a clinician‑led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live. As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you will be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you will have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives. You’ll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment guided by diversity and inclusion while driving toward the Quadruple Aim. You’ll experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community and the excitement of contributing new practice ideas that could improve care for millions of patients across the country.

Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position in this function provides skilled nursing services and assists with the coordination of home health care services for assigned patients. Ensures quality and safe delivery of home health care services in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies.

This is a field‑based position that requires traveling around San Antonio and surrounding counties supporting Homecare Dimensions’ patients. Required on calls (weekday and weekends), mileage reimbursement and shift differential offered.

In 2011, Well Med partnered with Optum to provide care to patients across Texas and Florida. Well Med is a network of doctors, specialists and other medical professionals that specialize in providing care for more than 1 million older adults with over 16,000 doctors’ offices. Well Med focuses on preventative health care, striving to change the face of health care for seniors.

• Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers per agency policy and procedure.
• Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care, the patient’s response to care and outcomes of care and revises the plan as needed.
• Re‑evaluates patient nursing needs to include ongoing assessments using the OASIS data set at appropriate time points.
• Provides skilled nursing services that require substantial and specialized nursing care including medication administration, wound care, therapeutic treatments, and skilled teaching as ordered and indicated.
• Plans and implements patient health teaching and health counseling regarding the disease process(es), self‑care techniques and prevention and involves the patient’s significant others in accomplishing health goals while promoting patient/family independence.
• Participates in health promotion and disease prevention activities.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures following the physician’s plan of care.
• Coordinates services and scheduling with the Clinical Team Manager (CTM) and Clinical Team Coordinator (CTC) to include recommendations for additional home health care services for patients within 24 hours of start of care (SOC).
• Assesses the patient’s condition during every home health care visit; ensures assessments are communicated to the Clinical Team Manager on a daily basis; nursing interventions are implemented to meet patient needs and changing conditions.
• Performs care management duties on patients as assigned including notifying the physician of changes in the patient’s condition or progress toward goals, obtaining needed physician orders, reassessing the patient for recertification, supervising LVNs and home health aides, attending and documenting case conferences, coordinating care by reporting significant findings to others on the team, and planning for, notifying of and documenting the discharge of the patient.
• Documents all communications with the patient, family, physician, CTM, pharmacy and other disciplines as indicated.
• Prepares a written plan for the Home Health Aide to follow, if applicable.
• Expresses verbal and written communication in a clear, positive and cooperative manner.
• Friday – Monday shifts.

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