Professional Staff Nurse - Home Health Erie County

UPMC Home Health is hiring a Registered Nurse to join its team, supporting Erie County

This is a Full-Time position working daylight from 8 AM- 4:30 PM. On-call shifts and rotating weekends are required.


Join the team that's providing the highest quality of home health care in our communities. With state-of-the-art safety protocols and the support of an academic medical center, UPMC Home Health has demonstrated a continued commitment to keeping both our patients and our employees safe and healthy.


Make a true impact in your community where you'll have the confidence that your care is clinically backed by a best-in-class healthcare system and the rewarding knowledge that you are changing lives every day.


Home health nursing can provide you with an impactful career that also provides opportunities for advancement, access to the most modern equipment and technology, and excellent benefits. Our home health nurses love the flexible daylight hours, one-on-one patient care, independence, focus on patient education, and the ability to be true patient advocates.


Job title and salary will be based on qualifications and career ladder requirements.


Responsibilities:

• Coordinates case management activities within an interdisciplinary health care team to ensure appropriate delivery of services to the patient.
• Completes an initial and comprehensive assessment of the patient.
• Initiates, coordinates, and ensures ongoing communication with the physician and other members of the interdisciplinary health care team, including evaluating patients and family-centered health teaching.
• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, and adjusts nursing care process as indicated to ensure optimal patient care.
• Establishes the plan of care in collaboration with the physician, patient, and interdisciplinary team members by the physician's orders and patient needs.
• Assigns other interdisciplinary team members as appropriate to assist in the delivery of services as ordered on the plan of care to the patient.
• Completes all necessary documentation, which may include visit assessment, plan of treatment, and verbal orders, accurately and promptly in the electronic documentation system while in the patient's home and within the agencies and regulatory standards. Data syncs (transmits) information same day.
• Participates in weekend and on-call coverage rotation for the agency as per BU guidelines.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the UPMC standard of care delivery and proficiency in all aspects of patient care, to include complex and/or specialized care.

Qualifications:

• Zero (0) to two (2) years of experience preferred.
• Six (6) months of nursing experience in an Acute Care or Skilled Care Facility or Home Health or Hospice Care preferred.
• BSN preferred.
  Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
• Automotive Insurance
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Driver's License
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Act 33
• Act 34
• OAPSA

*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.


UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran