Seeking Home Health Nurses - Bilingual a Bonus

Experienced Registered Nurse (RN or LPNS) Home Health -Weekday or Weekend Coverage Seeking Bilingual nurses to see Spanish speaking or Chinese speaking patients. Qualifications - Current Illinois License and graduate of an approved school of nursing - Must have prior home health care experience - Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgement Responsibilities - Performs the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs. - Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions. - Performs services in accordance with the plan of care. - Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy. - Coordinates services. - Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs. - Participates in in-service programs. - Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition. - Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries. - Refers to Physical Therapists, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills. - Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel. - Conducts patient care conferences on patient assigned to his/her care. - Is available for on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays (not required but preferred) We pay per visit upon completion of clinical charting - no hold periods for payroll. Servicing non- COVID patients, COVID positive patients, and PUI cases Chicago and surrounding suburbs active license required visit patients in their homes and follow care plan ability to use EMR on phone a must - AXXESS experience is a plus!!!! clinicians must use own transportation charting knowledge per CMS requirements Job Types: Part-time, Contract Salary: $60 to $100.00 /hour Related keywords: rn, registered nurse, nurse, nurse rn, nurse practitioner, rn nurse