RN - Home Health Care/Hospice

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

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. 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. Commitment Advocacy Respect Excellence

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. Overall caseload will be reviewed intermittently, and assignments may be adjusted as needed by Lead Care Manager and/or Director of Clinical Services.

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).

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:

Mileage reimbursement

Company phone provided

Opportunity to provide individualized care to patients

A graduate of an accredited, approved school of professional nursing

Must be able to communicate in the language of the client and document client related activity as appropriate

At least one (1) year of experience as a Registered Nurse. Home Health experience is a plus.