RN Homecare Northeast Grand Rapids Admitter

Up to $10000 in Sign on Bonus Incentives for Licensed RNs who will be new to the RN role for Corewell Health and meet eligibility requirements!

This position will service the Northeast Grand Rapids areas of Home Care.

Job Summary

Our Visiting Nurses Association is our Home Care Skilled Nursing Team for West-Central areas of Michigan. We offer flexible work schedules including working every 4th weekend working every 3rd holiday and on call 1-2 days in a 6 week rotation. For experienced RNs this is an autonomous position that drives you to use all of your top nursing skills and critical thinking. Working in home health enables you to treat the patient in the comfort of their home where patients are able to thrive and own their own health care. We create personalized assignments close to home that enable our nurses to visit between 5-7 patients per shift. From Ludington to Baldwin to Nunica and south through Kent County Ottawa County and as far south as Gun Lake our Corewell Health West Visiting Nurses Team goes the distance to provide outstanding patient care

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Scope of work

Under the direct supervision of the Nursing Manager and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team the Registered Nurse uses clinical judgment skills to access and implement the treatment plan for patients. The RN assesses monitors detects plans and takes appropriate action to prevent physiological complications associated with specific health problems and/or medical treatment.

Essential Functions

• Communicates effectively with staff residents and families. Assesses develops and maintains an individualized patient plan of care with the patient.

• As needed specified by SH entity: Performs Medication Administration Pass according to regulatory guidelines. Informs MDS coordinator of significant resident/patient changes needed for completion of the MDS.

• Communicates with other members of the health care team in order to ensure continuity of care and coordination of services. Acts as a patient/family advocate.

• Evaluates patients and significant others educational needs and develops and implements appropriate teaching strategies or makes appropriate referrals.

• Observes and reports the patients condition needs and outcomes of intervention to the physician and other team members. Identify problems and emergency situations and initiate immediate life saving measures in the absence of a physician.

• As needed specified by SH entity: Teaches and supervises the care provided by CNA LPN or other nursing service personnel according to regulatory and agency guidelines.

• Implements the plan of care by providing nursing services including teaching treatments diagnostics and preventive procedures regularly evaluating the patients progress toward established goals recommending revisions to the plan as necessary and planning for termination of service or discharge. Assumes a leadership role and delegates appropriately to support staff to facilitate safe quality patient care in a cost-effective manner.

• Participates in ongoing process improvement activities through the application of clinical paths QA processes and other related activities. Ensures that processes and services are continuously monitored for quality cost effectiveness and efficiency.

Qualifications

Required

• Associates Degree Nursing
• LIC-Registered Nurse (RN) - STATEMI State of Michigan Upon Hire
• LIC-Drivers License - STATEMI State of Michigan Upon Hire
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - AHA American Heart Association VNA and Home Care Business lines 90 Days Or
• CRT-Basic Life Support (BLS) - ARC American Red Cross VNA and Home Care Business lines 90 Days

Preferred

• Bachelors Degree Nursing
• 1 year of relevant experience of acute care emergency or rehab facility experience for all of the Home Care business lines

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