RN Infusion Nurse - Per Diem - Lakewood

Option Care Health, Inc. is the largest independent home and alternate site infusion services provider in the United States, employing over 8,000 team members including 5,000 clinicians. Through clinical leadership and national scale, Option Care Health re‑imagines the infusion care experience for patients, customers and team members.

An Infusion Nurse II is a licensed registered nurse who coordinates and provides intermediate direct patient care to patients in the home or in an alternate infusion suite, ensuring patient safety, continuity, and compliance under a physician’s plan of care. Works under structured supervision.

• Initiates, develops, and implements intermediate nursing plan of care treatments, evaluating patient progress toward goals. Organizes and participates in the provision of direct patient care, performs treatments, administers medications, and educates patients and families/caregivers. Modifies plan of treatment in response to changing patient status or physician orders.
• Assesses patient needs and physical status at each skilled visit through health data access and patient interview. Re‑evaluates patient needs through physical reassessment, response to therapy, and supplemental physician orders. Obtains and clarifies physician orders for treatment revisions, informs physician promptly of significant changes, and provides written summary within supplemental order.
• Provides training and mentorship to Infusion Nurse I’s as needed to ensure patient safety and compliance.
• Provides effective and safe teaching using patient-centered care approach for patients and families to achieve independence with prescribed therapy and care needs through active participation per treatment goals.
• Communicates with Option Care’s Clinical team, medical providers, patients, and families/caregivers to facilitate continuity of care; prepares clinical documentation in real time during visits and submits to the nursing department to comply with billing timelines. Ensures documentation is legible and follows approved abbreviations and error-correction practices.
• Coordinates discharge planning and prepares discharge summaries with patient instructions, thoroughly reporting care needs, progress, and goals when transferring care.
• Demonstrates compliance with agency operations, policies and procedures, professional standards, local, state, federal regulations/guidelines, and accreditation standards.
• Maximizes work efficiency through computers and automation technologies to validate treatment orders, communicate patient care, and follow the assigned visit schedule.
• Responds promptly and appropriately to patient requests and initiates emergency procedures as necessary.
• Accepts accountability for own practice through ethical and professional conduct; follows established programs within policies reflective of Option Care’s mission, values, and objectives.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding patient confidentiality and proprietary information, including HIPAA compliance.
• Speaks knowledgeably about Option Care’s scope of services and informs patients about related financial obligations for care and service charges.
• Attends and completes required training modules, in-services, and continuing education to maintain competency and professional licensure. Provides oversight and coordination of paraprofessionals; may act as a supervisor in the absence of the Supervisor or Nurse Manager as applicable.
• Participates in multidisciplinary team conferences, provides precepting, training, and mentoring to other nurses for orientation and other supervisory activities as assigned.
• Participates in nursing department on-call responsibilities.
• Performs other related duties as directed by supervisor.

• Inserts PICC/Midline per physician order.
• Troubleshoots/declots obstructed central line catheters.
• Monitors PICC/Midline and educates on prevention of line infection and routine care.

There are no supervisory responsibilities for this position.

• Active and unrestricted RN license in the…