UT Health ET Home Health Field RN - PRN
About The Position
The Home Health Field Registered Nurse (RN) delivers high-quality, patient-centered care in patients’ homes. The role includes comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care tailored to individual needs, including care for complex medical conditions. The RN collaborates with interdisciplinary teams, patients, and families to promote health, prevent complications, and support recovery or chronic disease management. The RN also provides education, emotional support, and clinical expertise to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes and maintain independence, ensuring continuity of care outside traditional clinical settings. The RN assesses patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs; determines eligibility and appropriate levels of care; develops and documents plans of care; and coordinates services based on patient acuity and patient and family needs. The position includes providing clinical direction to Home Health Aides and LPNs/LVNs, monitoring cases for third-party payer compliance, and communicating changes and outcomes to physicians, care teams, patients, and families.
Requirements
- Current RN license.
- Valid driver’s license.
- CPR certification.
- Valid auto insurance.
Nice To Haves
- At least 2 years of Home Health RN experience preferred.
- HomeCare HomeBase experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Conduct initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs, documenting findings in clinical records and related reports.
- Apply admission and recertification criteria to determine appropriate levels of home health care and patient eligibility.
- Develop, implement, and document plans of care to support quality and continuity, recommending revisions as needed.
- Consult with and educate patients and families on self-care techniques, nutrition, and dietary needs.
- Determine the scope and frequency of needed services based on acuity and patient and family needs; assess caregiver ability to meet the patient’s immediate needs at admission and throughout care.
- Initiate appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Apply infection-control concepts and standard precautions when coordinating and performing patient care activities.
- Provide clinical direction to Home Health Aides and LPNs/LVNs to support quality and continuity of service.
- Prepare clinical and progress notes that demonstrate progress toward established goals.
- Inform physicians and other personnel of changes in patient needs and outcomes of interventions; evaluate patient and family responses to care.
- Monitor assigned cases for compliance with third-party payer requirements.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, team members, and other health care professionals.
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