Registered Nurse; RN), Community Health Nurse

Job Title: Registered Nurse (RN), Community Health Nurse

Department: Homecare

Location: Rochester Regional Health Home Care - 330 Monroe Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

Hours Per Week: 40

Schedule: Days, 8:30am-5:00pm

As a Community Health Nurse, you will focus on providing nursing interventions, patient education, and care management to a variety of clients in our community. This promotes good health and one on one patient care in the comfort of their own home.

• Patient Care & Service - Provide comprehensive assessments of the bio-psycho-social needs of acutely ill clients in their home; perform skilled nursing care and prescribed treatments to clients based on MD orders; provide client and family education in accordance with client assessment and plan of care.
• Planning - Develop and document individualized care plans customized for each patient’s unique needs, with support from the interdisciplinary health team as needed; maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress.
• Communication - Maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress; communicate with office and supervisory staff regularly; coordinates client services and/or referrals in an efficient and timely manner.

• 1 year of nursing experience preferred.
• Prior home health, clinical and direct patient care experience preferred.
• Ability to work independently.

• Diploma or Associate’s Degree in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse licensure in New York State.
• Valid NYS Driver’s License.

• Two (2) years' experience in home care preferred.
• Compassionate, independent, and patient focused.
• Comprehensive nursing assessments and documentation, decisive judgment and professional behavior.
• Bilingual preferred.

• AS:
  Nursing (Required)

M - Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects;
Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

• BLS - Basic Life Support - American Heart Association (AHA)
• RN - Registered Nurse - New York State Education Department (NYSED)

$75,734.00 - $