Home Health: Registered Nurse; RN

Position: Home Health: Registered Nurse (RN)
** Job Description Summary
** Duties of Position:
Registered Nurse provides nursing care in accordance with the client's Plan of Care which includes performing comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluations, monitoring client’s condition, promoting sound health and preventive practices, and coordinating services, educational/training activities, and direct nursing.
Responsibilities of Position:
1. Coordinates total patient care by conducting comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring the client's condition, promoting sound preventive practices, coordinating services and educational and training activities.  
2. Evaluates the effectiveness of nursing services to the patient and family.  
3. Prepares and presents patient's record to the Clinical Record Review Committee, as indicated.  
4. Consults with the attending physician concerning alterations of Patient Care Plans, checks with the appropriate supervisor, and makes changes, as appropriate.  
5. Submits a tally of patient care visits made each day.  6. Participates in case conferences, discusses problems concerning the patients and how they may best be handled with supervisor.  
7. Discusses the need for the involvement of other members of the health team such as the home health aide, the physical therapist, the speech therapist, the occupational therapist, and the medical social worker, etc., with the appropriate supervisor.  
8. Obtains orders for paraprofessional services and submits a referral to the appropriate personnel.  
9. Participates in the patient’s discharge planning process.  10. Cooperates with other agencies providing nursing or related services to provide continuity of care and to implement a comprehensive care plan.  11. Participates in staff development meeting.  12. Continually strives to improve his/her nursing care skills by attending in-service education, through formal education, attendance at workshops, conferences, active participation in professional and related organizations and individual research and reading.  

13. Participates in the development and periodic revision of the physician's Plan of Treatment and processes change orders as needed.  14. Enters clinical notes into EMR within required hours of scheduled visit (24 hrs. for non-Oasis visits / 48 hrs. for Oasis visits) and progress notes and other clinical record forms outlining the services rendered.  15. Participates in the patient’s discharge planning process.  

16. Maintains an on-going knowledge of current drug therapy.  17. Substitutes for other nurses as requested by Director of Nursing.
18. Complies with Agency dress code policy.
19. Maintains efficient flow of Agency work by reporting to work at assigned or scheduled times; follows procedures for notification of absence or time off requests.
20. Maintains current TB testing (refer to Health Screening Policy).
Job

Conditions:

Position involves frequent telephone communication, and on occasion, may be required to bend, stoop, reach and move client weight up to 250 pounds and to lift and/or carry up to 30 pounds. Hearing, vision, and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform physical assessment of client’s condition, to perform and demonstrate client care, and, to assess a client’s home that may not be wheelchair accessible.

Must communicate well both orally and in writing. Must have driver’s license and be willing and able to drive to client’s residence.

Qualifications:

1. Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.  
2. Licensed in the State as a Registered Nurse.  3. One or more years in home health agency or in a hospital setting preferred.  
4. Knowledge of Medicare guidelines preferred.  
5. Preferred working knowledge of home health care and the principles and techniques of professional nursing and required documentation that pertains to it.  6. Skillful in organization and in the principles of time management and have knowledge of management processes.  
7. Contribute to the quality of care being rendered through constructive communication with nursing managers and staff.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The employee will be expected to perform other…