Registered Nurse

Registered Nurse

Optimal Home Care is looking for a Registered Nurse to provide services for our patients!

About Us:

Optimal Home Care is a trusted and growing agency serving the great Colorado area. Optimal is a Colorado owned and operated home health agency that has been serving patients since 2004. The culture at Optimal is what sets us apart. At Optimal Home Care you are not just a number. We are big enough to provide you with the support and resources you need to provide the highest possible patient care, but small enough to give you the culture and mission you're looking for.

Optimal Home Care is devoted to helping our patients achieve and maintain the best possible quality of life. Our mission is to improve and restore our clients' lives through quality patient care, innovative specialty health care programs and state of the art technology. The Optimal team embodies compassion, heart, patience, empathy, and competence to meet our patient's needs.

Core values: Commitment Advocacy Respect Excellence

Position & Responsibilities:

• Complete SOC/ROC/RECERTs, supervisory visits, and any necessary revisits (based on patient needs and clinician coverage) on all appropriate patients at assigned accounts/territory. The anticipated weekly workload is approximately 10-12 SOC/ROC/RECERT or equivalent revisits (2 revisits = 1 SOC/ROC/RECERT). Overall caseload will be reviewed intermittently, and assignments may be adjusted as needed by Lead Care Manager and/or Director of Clinical Services.
• Complete all required documentation timely per agency and Medicare guidelines.
• Manage and provided care to patients, performing RN responsibilities within scope of practice
• Supervise LPNs in assigned facilities and manage nursing visit utilization
• Manage care coordination and oversite of assigned accounts/territory:
• Attend resident reviews
• Provide consistent communications with facility staff
• Contribute to census growth for both home health and hospice in collaboration with assigned marketer
• Provide/Review fiscal outcomes of cases/accounts
• Collaborate with marketer/account manager
• Collaborate with Hospice marketer, clinical staff, and/or facility staff to provide additional resources as needed (i.e. transition to Hospice, recommendations for private caregiver, recommendations to modify ALF provided care/support).
• Fiscally manage patient cases by supervising appropriate utilization of disciplines to effectively meet patient needs.
• Prepare fiscal reports on assigned cases as requested by Lead Care Manager and/or Director of Clinical Services.
• Attend relevant care coalitions (i.e. SDCC) – this may be in monthly/quarterly rotation with other care managers and/or clinical leadership
• Anticipated work hours will vary based on account/patient needs but are anticipated to be a minimum of 40 hours per week, typically Mon-Fri.

Why Optimal Home Care:

• Family Oriented Company
• Dedicated intake and scheduling team that support you and your patients
• Supportive work environment with opportunity to learn and develop
• Mileage reimbursement
• Competitive benefits package
• 401K plan + 15% matching
• Company phone provided
• PTO
• Opportunity to provide individualized care to patients
• Continuing education opportunities
• iPad Purchase Program

Pay: Optimal Pays Per Visit

Requirements

Qualifications:

• A graduate of an accredited, approved school of professional nursing
• Active license in the State of Colorado in good standing.
• Must be able to communicate in the language of the client and document client related activity as appropriate
• Current driver's license
• At least one (1) year of experience as a Registered Nurse. Home Health experience is a plus.
• Familiarity with OASIS preferred