RN Clinical Nurse-Home Health

RN Clinical Nurse-Home Health

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Per diem position for on call Monday-Thursday 5PM-8AM

Home health department:

Full-time registered nurse position in home care and hospice. Imagine working independently, utilizing your clinical skills as well as your critical thinking skills, and being able to arrange your schedule in a manner that compliments your personal life. All the while being able to hop into your car between patients, turn on your radio, roll your windows down, and enjoy the day. If this is a job you think you could enjoy then a home health career is for you.

Home health is the bridge that often keeps the patient in their home versus some type of custodial care, and you are "loved" for being that bridge. Going into a patient's home to provide care, seeing how they live, and what their environment is, completes the circle of how to truly "meet the patient where they are", which is our true north statement. Home health is holistic care, and you will treat and become "part" of the entire family. We are not just nurses, but rehab services, social workers, and home aides, who work together to help the patient and family become more knowledgeable and more independent by treating, educating, and rehabilitating.

Our agency is certified and deemed by the joint commission and we are fully accredited. We welcome you to come visit our office, ask questions, and do a ride-along to see if this job is a good fit for you. Department hours are Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM with some on call.

Summary: Provides competent clinical nursing care consistent with professional standards. Reporting and accountable to the nurse manager/director, the clinical nurse is responsible for coordinating and delivering patient care utilizing the nursing process in a home health setting.

Responsibilities:

• Education--Participates in identifying and meeting learning needs of self. Attends education programs based on identified learning needs. With assistance, uses patient education materials relevant to patient population. Assesses readiness to learn of the patient/family/caregivers. Assesses developmental level of patient and factors affecting ability to learn.
• Evaluation of care--Identifies expected patient outcomes. Seeks guidance as needed in revision of plan of care. Participates in discussion with members of the interdisciplinary team in evaluation of patient care. Communicates relevant information to promote continuity of care
• Implementation--Demonstrates competence in care of patients with complex problems, including population-appropriate physical, psychosocial, educational and safety aspects of care. Utilizes healthcare organization and nursing standards, policies and procedures in delivery of care. Organizes and prioritizes care according to patient/family needs. Consults with appropriate resources in a timely fashion regarding patients with complex care issues, unusual teaching needs and/or those at high risk for discharge planning.
• Leadership--With assistance, develops goals to promote professional growth or minimize limitations. Achieves goals and objectives within identified time frame or renegotiates with supervisor. Is knowledgeable about activities which facilitate intra/interdepartmental collaboration. Participates in development and achievement of unit goals and performance improvement activities. Effectively uses communication systems. Participates in promoting cost-effective care. Gives feedback to co-workers. Is aware of public policy and regulatory guidelines affecting the health care environment. Promotes a safe, clean and secure hospital environment for all
• Patient assessment--Recognizes data from complex situations to determine priorities for care. Includes appropriate physical, psychosocial, education and safety needs. Synthesizes assessment data into meaningful whole prior to communication to others. Assesses and anticipates discharge needs of individual patients and families. Develops relationships with families that promote their ability to advocate for the patient and their own needs
• Planning--Collaborates with patient/family to prepare or update the plan of care. Makes use of available multidisciplinary resources in planning care. Begins to use full range of communication as a means to convey planning. Identifies and addresses cultural and ethnic issues in planning patient care. Demonstrates ability to prioritize tasks for patients with complex problems
• Research--Reads journals that contain studies or articles that may be applicable to practice. Brings ideas and questions to the staff at large for assessment of applicability

Education requirements: Graduation from a school of professional nursing.

Licensure/certification requirements: Licensed to practice as a registered nurse in the state of North Carolina.

Professional experience requirements: One (1) year of nursing experience caring for acute and chronically ill patients or an equivalent combination of education and experience.