Wellness Licensed Nurse

Job Description

Job Description

Horizons Home Care is currently seeking a Wellness Licensed Nurse to join our growing team! The Wellness Nurse provides skilled, compassionate nursing care to residents of the Holiday Retirement Village, including assessment, planning, intervention, and ongoing evaluation under physician orders. This role coordinates resident care, supervises wellness attendants, maintains accurate clinical documentation, and supports residents and families while upholding all safety,

confidentiality, and regulatory standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provides skilled nursing services in accordance with the orders of a physician and under a plan of care in a patient’s residence. Has the responsibility for the observation, assessment, nursing diagnosis, counsel, care and health teaching of the ill, injured, or confined, and the maintenance of health and prevention of illness of others.
• Records the health needs of the patient.
• Initiates and/or assists in the Plan of Care, revises as necessary.
• Evaluates the effects of the care given and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skill based on the physician’s orders and the nursing diagnosis.
• Counsels the patient and his/her family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Acts as the coordinator of the health care team in order to maintain the proper linkages with a continuum of care.
• Coordinates the care of all patients in his/her case load.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes on the relevant and specialized nursing services he/she provides and maintain a clinical record for each patient receiving care.
• Oversees the wellness attendant assignment, prepares written instructions for the aide and supervises the aide in the retirement village.
• Submission of documentation per agency policy.
• Participates in Clinical Record Reviews.
• Must have the ability to follow instructions from the physician, Nursing Supervisor and other professional staff. Ability to communicate effectively with managers, patients, families and co-workers.
• Must have the ability to effectively cope with patients, families and all others with varying backgrounds, socioeconomic conditions, and value judgments.
• Must possess ingenuity to handle medical and situational emergencies.
• Maintains confidentiality of information relating to patient. Will discuss only those aspects necessary to care and treatment of patient with those directly involved in the patient’s care.
• Participates in in-service programs and staff meetings.
• Complies with the Homecare Agency dress code, projects a professional attitude toward self, patients, and other staff members, and follows department public relation policies regarding outside speaking and professional affiliations, clearing all such requests through Homecare Agency.
• Complies with Homecare Agency Compliance Plan.
• Complies with Homecare Agency’s Infection Control Policies.
• Complies with Homecare Agency’s HIPAA Policies.

Apply Today!

Holiday Health Care is a diverse health services company offering a continuum of care to multiple populations in the Tri-State area. The Holiday Health Care campus is comprised of a retirement community, nursing facility, home care company, and hospice company located on Evansville’s north side. Since 1969, Holiday Health Care has been privately owned and operated.

“People Caring for People” has been the focus of the Holiday Health Care mission, vision, and values for over 50 years. Today, we employ over 350 staff at The Heritage Center, The Village at Holiday, Horizons Home Care, Horizons Community Care, and Heritage Hospice. Join our growing team of the finest health care professionals in the Tri-State area!

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an approved school of nursing.
• Licensed as a Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse in the state of employment.
• It is preferred, but not required, that LPN or RN have at least one year of nursing experience.
• Should have good communication skills. Ability to work well with others, function well under pressure, and function independently.
• Must comply with the standards outlined in the Nurse Practice Act.

Physical Qualifications:

• Lift and transfer patients, carry supplies, and read normal typewritten print.
• Have manual dexterity with normal range of motion of all extremities.
• Must be able to work alone without usual support systems immediately available in acute
• care settings.
• May be requested to work weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime.