Registered Nurse Womens Homecare PRN - Rome, GA
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing, RN Nurse, Private Duty Nurse
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities.
Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We are currently hiring a Homecare Nurse for our Optum Women's and Children's Health - Homecare. This position will provide skilled nursing care in a home care environment. Assess, plan, and document the homecare nursing process; educate and provide instruction to patients and their family.
Travel: This position will travel up to 2-2.5 hours to patients home
Schedule: Once you get the referral the patient has to be seen within 24-48 hours where you can work with the patient to self schedule
Primary Responsibilities:
- Positively represent the Company to both internal and external customers; always maintain a professional and courteous manner
- Uphold the Optum core values in the conduct of work
- Adhere to Company privacy guidelines; ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
- Provide services according to Optum policy and the prescriber's plan of treatment
- Individualize patient assessments based on care/services being provided and patient need
- Ensure interventions respect and encourage the patient's ability to make choices
- Respect each patient's rights and conduct business in an ethical manner
- Educate patients and families with a systematic approach, promoting patient understanding of treatment and services, health status, coping ability and patient/family involvement in the continuum of care or service
- Initiate the plan of treatment/care pathway based upon the analysis of information obtained and within scope of practice and certification
- Modify the plan of care, as appropriate, based on re-assessment, change in prescriber orders, the patient's need for further care or services, and the achievement of identified goals within scope of practice and certification
- Coordinate care with the patient services centers, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals to promote the continuum of care or service
- Accurately communicate (written/verbal) patient status information to prescribing physician in timely manner and provide necessary clinical information to Optum pharmacists and other healthcare professionals as necessary
- Complete clinical record documentation per Optum policy in a timely, complete, and accurate manner
- Provide service-related clinical support to key physicians/hospitals through personal contacts and in-services, as directed
- Participate in holiday and weekend duties as scheduled
- Must maintain a current CPR certification and obtain an annual screen and TB test and influenza immunization in accordance with Optum policy
- Must comply with random drug testing
- Ensure senior management decisions and directives are carried out
Routine travel required - May be asked to participate in training or act as preceptor
- Additional duties as assigned
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Home health administrator responsibilities as assigned
- Special project management as assigned
- Additional responsibilities as assigned
You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.
Required Qualifications:
- Current unrestricted nursing license (RN) for state of residence
- 1+…
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