Registered Nurse - Home Health - 26-11529

Job Description

Job Description

RN – Home Health

Location: South Dennis, MA
Duration: 13 Weeks
Schedule: 40 Hours/Week | Monday–Friday | Occasional Weekends & Holidays

• Perform comprehensive nursing assessments upon patient admission, including physiological, psychosocial, environmental, and health-history factors.
• Integrate assessment findings to identify patient problems and develop an appropriate plan of care.
• Utilize HHRG values to establish visit frequency and appropriate interdisciplinary resource utilization.
• Evaluate clinical needs and initiate, develop, implement, and revise individualized plans of care.
• Participate in interdisciplinary patient case conferences and evaluate the effectiveness of care plans.
• Instruct and provide documented supervision of the Home Health Aide plan of care every 14 days.
• Notify physicians and other involved care providers of significant changes in patient condition.
• Complete admissions and required paperwork accurately and on time.
• Document skilled nursing care clearly and concisely, including patient/caregiver teaching, direct care, and responses.
• Obtain and clarify valid physician orders for all care provided.
• Plan and coordinate patient discharges and communicate discharge information to patients and physicians.
• Complete all required discharge documentation.
• Refer patients to appropriate community resources.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Current, unencumbered Massachusetts RN license and other credentials required for the specialty.
• Successful completion of the VNA pre-hire medication test .
• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience , or 6 months of nursing experience with a BSN .
• CPR certification required.
• Home health and IV experience preferred.
• Computer skills preferred.
• BSN preferred.