Registered Nurse (RN) Job Description
This is for home health. You will go to the patients' home to evaluate and treat. Fill out Form 485. Experience with wound care is a must. If you know how to do pic lines, that would be great. Set your own hours within the scope and/or gravity of the patients' health care needs.
We are looking for RNs who can work in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Cleveland, Lincoln, Union, Catawba, Rowan and Iredell counties in NC.
Job Summary: Demonstrate proficient skills using assessments to admit, transfer, re-certify, and discharge home health patients in regards to physician orders. Coordinate and supervise LPN’ s and HHA’s in the delivery of patient care. Maintain compliance with agency policy and procedures. Follow state regulations.
Qualifications/Educational Requirements:
1. Be a registered nurse (R.N.) with a current license.
2. Minimum of one year of nursing experience as a R.N.
3. Work positively and favorably with patients, families, and staff.
Responsibilities/essential functions: The person in this position must be able to perform the following essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations.
1. Perform the initial home care patient visit and re-evaluate the patient’s needs and progress on a regular basis. *
2. Initiate the plan of care under doctor’s orders. *
3. Perform assessments for the home care patient. *
4. Observe, assess, and document symptoms. *
5. Monitor reactions and patient progress. *
6. Educate patients and caregivers on disease process, medications, plan of care, and individualized treatment plans. *
7. Educate patients and caregiver on techniques for in home health care. *
8. Coordinate patient services. *
9. Supervise LPNs and HHA’s. *
10. Notify the physician and other personnel (DON, PT, Case Manager) of change in the patient’s condition. *
11. Perform skill outline in the agency’s approved policy and procedure manual. *
12. Discharge the patient from skilled nursing services when the discharge criteria have been met. *
13. Case conference clinicians providing care to ensure coordination of care. *
14. Update clinical records according to policy and procedures. *
15. Update knowledge and skills by attending in-service programs, continuing education programs, seminars, and self-study programs annually. *
16. Provide onsite supervision of LPN/HHA. *
17. Adhere to state regulations. *