Home Visiting Registered Nurse

Looking for an environment that values and cares for their employees? Then Northshore Home Health is the Right place for you! Join a team that's like family - you will enjoy being a part of the Northshore family!

Northshore Home Health is looking for full-time Field RN & LPN Supervisors for our Illinois Home Health patients. Our agency has won numerous awards for staff satisfaction and patient care excellence. As Field Nurse, you will play an integral role in the agency's nursing care division. Medical, FSA, HSA, Life insurance plan after only 3 Months of Employment. Employee Luncheons, 15 Paid Time Off Days and 9 Paid Holidays.

Our agency has won numerous awards for employee satisfaction and patient care.

Why Work for Northshore?

• Work with a diverse culture
• Ease of communication with management and coordinators
• Flexibility of hours and patient location choices
• Comprehensive in-service training so you can stay up to date with your credentials
• Referral bonuses

RESPONSIBILITIES

The licensed registered nurse provides skilled nursing care services by planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, and evaluating all aspects of nursing care in accordance with Physician's orders primarily delivered on a visiting and intermittent basis in the client's home in accord with the policies and procedures of the home health care agency. The RN also teaches and supervises the family members to provide continuity of care and implement comprehensive care.

The Registered Nurse performs acts which require substantial specialized knowledge, judgment, and nursing skill based upon principles of psychological, biological, physical, and social sciences. The Registered Nurse is responsible for preparation and experience in nursing.

Ensures quality and safe delivery of home health care services:

• Completes nursing assessment forms in a timely manner per agency policy and procedure
• Identified physical, emotional, and developmental client needs.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates clients plans of care per agency policy and procedure.
• Develops individual nursing care plan which reflect current client needs prior to client case conferences.
• Client and Client's families are involved in developing clients plan of care whenever possible.
• Provides health teaching to client and client's family, explaining the procedure to be done.
• Client clinical record documentation reflects delivery of quality and safe home health care services.
• Assesses client's condition every home visit
• Communicated client assessments to appropriate individuals as well as unusual reactions and changes in condition.
• Implements nursing interventions to meet client needs and changed conditions.
• Documents client clinical record per home health care agency policy and procedure
• Accurately transcribes, implements, and evaluated physician's orders for clients in a timely manner.
• Refers clients to other health care providers per home health care agency policy and procedure
• Documents referral information accurately, completely and in a timely manner.
• Implements infection control and safety measures per home health care agency policy and procedure.
• Implements clinical care per home health care agency policies and procedures.

Northshore Home Health Care, Inc is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. Northshore Home Health Care, Inc is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities.

To request reasonable accommodation, contact Yenise Peralta, Director of Human Resources at  Ext 1139.