Full-time Registered Nurse in Home Health Care

SIGN ON BONUS $10,000.00 Eligible Experienced RN
We are hiring a Registered Nurse to join our Home Health team!

~ Full-Time; We are proud of our skilled, caring, trustworthy and compassionate Home Health experts. Our clinicians visit patient homes to deliver customized, physician-prescribed care after a hospital stay, illness or injury to rehabilitate and achieve optimal level of independence. Home Health is an alternative to repeated hospitalizations or an extended hospital stay. Nurses and medical professionals work closely with primary care physicians and ensure patients are receiving optimum care tailored to individual needs.
Our Registered Nurses enjoy autonomy while caring for patients in their home environment. Wound Care, Cardiac, Diabetes, Endocrine, Musculosketal, Pressure Ulcers, Infusion, etc. The average length of patient care is 47 days.
The Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing services within the home care setting in accordance with the orders of a physician and under a plan of care. Through use of the nursing process, utilizes knowledge and skills at a competent level to provide direct age-specific and culturally appropriate patient care management in the homecare setting. The RN also serves as a clinical resource, participates in patient and staff education, demonstrates the use of independent nursing judgment, and serves as a preceptor. Develops and coordinates the plan of care and provides case management. Graduate of an approved nursing program

One (1) year of recent clinical nursing experience

License/Registration/Certifications
Current license to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina
review of documentation in the medical record; maintenance of interdisciplinary communication and discharge planning.
Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es) and medication reconciliation.
Collaborates with patients, families, and other members of the interdisciplinary care team to establish appropriate treatment plan and develop a plan of care.
Initiates the plan of care, makes necessary revisions as patient status, and needs change. Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
Initiates appropriate nursing interventions. Provides treatments as prescribed by the physician.
Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan. Educates the patient and family/caregiver on self-care techniques medications, diet and other instructions as ordered.
Recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/ caregivers.
Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs and reports changes in the patient's condition; communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the plan of care; Provides supervision of home health aides per regulatory requirements.
Complies with established policies and procedures.
Knowledge of and compliance with state, federal, and local regulations for the delivery of home care services.