Registered Nurse; RN

Registered Nurse (RN)

Final date to receive applications: 27 July 2026

Department: Health care

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Crofton/Odenton

The Registered Nurse is responsible for directly providing quality patient care and managing the entire nursing process in accordance with LHS policies, procedures, and standards. The RN oversees assessment, care planning, implementation, evaluation, and documentation for clients, ensuring safe, competent, and compassionate care within the home setting.

• Performs the initial nursing assessment of clients for admission criteria.
• Assists the physician in developing the initial and ongoing plan of care.
• Reviews and updates plan of care as necessary.
• Orients staff members to each case as applicable.
• Acts as point of contact with the physician, pharmacist, and referral sources regarding client’s condition and progress.
• Provides ongoing clinical monitoring.
• Monitors client’s inventory of pharmaceutical products and supplies as necessary.
• Ensures coordination of client services.
• Counsels and instructs the client/family in the set up and administration of infusion therapies.
• Attends case conferences and in‑service education programs/classes.
• Prepares clinical notes and enters them into the clinical record on a daily basis and when necessary.
• Ensures clinical documentation meets LHS documentation standards.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician and the state’s practice act for Registered Nurses.
• Reports to Director of Nursing and/or the Physician any changes in the patient condition and needs.
• Adheres to administrative and patient care policies, including implementation of client rights and responsibilities.

• Demonstrate leadership skills.
• Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills.
• Competency within specialty area.
• Physically able to sit, stand and walk long distances if necessary.
• Ability to drive for long periods of time.
• Ability to bend, lift and carry medical supplies and equipment without medical restriction.
• Possess visual acuity and ability to differentiate colors.
• Ability to communicate via phone in noisy and hectic environments.
• Demonstrate the ability to accomplish time‑sensitive tasks within a reasonable timeframe.
• Ability to work at any time of the day, independently or with minimal supervision. Be detail‑oriented, alert and self‑motivated.
• Ability to effectively work with and manage difficult situations, staff, clients, and their families.
• Be willing to drive through areas and enter homes that are located in high‑risk and high‑crime areas.
• Exposure to animals, pests, communicable diseases, and hazardous waste is possible.