Home Health Registered Nurse

Needing a compassionate, strong, efficient, Home Health Nurse

About Charlin Healthcare Services Inc.

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About us

Established in 2003, Charlin has always been family-owned and faith-based. Our founder's mission was to create a healthcare agency where the patient was at the center. Charlin is a legacy company creating continuity of culture and care throughout the metroplex. Our heart is to provide value-driven and compassionate care, while treating you or your loved one as a member of our own family. Charlin is here to serve you and your family on your journey to hope and healing in whatever capacity you might need.

Why Charlin?

Lots of companies in the healthcare industry are going the private equity and investing route. Our heart is to remain a family owned and privately owned Home Health, Hospice and Personal Care Company in order to maintain the integrity of our core values.

What Does this mean for you?

It means consistency in administration and consistency in our culture of patient care. As healthcare workers and healthcare administrators, you are the most important part in caring for patients. Charlin Health Services job is to utilizing resources to care for you while continuing to care for patients throughout the metroplex.

We are looking for a Registered Nurse to join our Home Health team. The ideal candidate will have experience in acute care, outpatient, long term care, rehabilitation center, and/or assisted living facility settings. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing quality care to patients in their homes, assessing patient needs and developing care plans, administering medications and treatments, and providing education to patients and their families.

Essential Functions:

• Completes initial and ongoing assessments to identify the physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs of home health patients/clients .
• Completes assessments at appropriate time points, including Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) or other assessments as appropriate to the patient/client.
• Regularly re-evaluates the patient's/client's nursing needs and evaluates the outcomes of care.
• Develops, initiates, and revises the plan of care in partnership with the patient/client, representative (if any), and caregiver(s) as necessary to ensure quality and continuity of care.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Refers to other services as needed.
• Provides patient/client and caregiver education.
• Plans for the discharge of the patient/client from services. Furnishes those services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care.
• Counsels the patient/client, caregiver and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Uses infection control measures that protect both the staff and the patient/client. Coordinates services.
• Informs the physician and other personnel of changes in the patient's/client's condition and needs.
• Communicates with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care.
• Integrates orders from all relevant physicians involved into the plan of care and ensures the orders are approved by the responsible physician.
• Monitors assigned cases to ensure compliance with requirements of third party payors.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes.
• Completes appropriate documentation in a timely manner. Demonstrates commitment and professional growth by participating in Agency-sponsored in-service programs and maintaining or improving competency.
• Participates in the Agency's QAPI program; Supervises, teaches and provides clinical direction to other nursing personnel.
• Assigns home health aides to specific patients/clients.
• Supervises LPNs/LVNs and paraprofessionals providing services to patients/clients.
• May conduct aide competency evaluations if qualified with two years of clinical experience and one year of home health experience.
• Promotes the Agency's philosophy and administrative policies. Performs on-call responsibilities and provides on-call services to patients/clients and their families as assigned.
• Provides effective communication to patients/clients, their family members, team members, and other health care professionals.

Salary


$85,000 - $95,000 per year