Staff RN-Homecare Private Duty

Job Title

Provides the direct continuous skilled nursing care of acute, chronically ill, and terminally ill patients in the home setting as prescribed by NCH and community physicians in compliance with regulatory bodies. Provides developmentally appropriate care that reflects the highest standards of nursing practice and in a manner which promotes quality, continuity, and safe patient care. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and maintains a current Ohio Nursing License.

Job Description Summary

Provides the direct continuous skilled nursing care of acute, chronically ill, and terminally ill patients in the home setting as prescribed by NCH and community physicians in compliance with regulatory bodies. Provides developmentally appropriate care that reflects the highest standards of nursing practice and in a manner which promotes quality, continuity, and safe patient care. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses and maintains a current Ohio Nursing License.

Essential Functions

• Provides nursing care using a Family Centered approach.
• Assesses individualized patient needs, communicates patient care needs, priorities, updates, and changes in condition to the assigned Home Health Nurse Supervisor or Manager and as needed, to the Staffing Specialists per the policies and guidelines.
• Utilizes Therapeutic Communication while monitoring the physical, psychological, and social needs of patients and families.
• Engages in the workplace community by staying aware of changes, participating in data collection or auditing, understanding Quality Improvement.
• Collaborates to develop an individualized care plan using standards, protocols, and current nursing literature and research. Implements and follows the individualized plan of care for each patient, which states the patient outcomes, goals, and means by which these goals will be achieved.

Education Requirement

• ADN, required.
• BSN required within 5 years from date of hire.

Licensure Requirement

• Ohio RN license, required.

Certifications

CPR, required.

Skills

• Position specific skills assessed at orientation and annual skill days.
• RN I skills are contingent upon experience and basic infusion care.
• RN II skills are contingent upon experience and complex infusion care.

Experience

One year of nursing experience, required.

Physical Requirements

OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Depth perception, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Electricity, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Machinery, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel

FREQUENTLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Hearing acuity, Peripheral vision, Standing, Walking

CONTINUOUSLY: Decision Making, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Seeing Far/near

"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"