Home Health Registered Nurse RN Full-Time
About The Position
Valley Regional Home Health is currently seeking a full-time Registered Nurse for the Clovis, Fresno, and Madera areas. This position would be Monday through Friday. Training hours are generally 8:00am-4:30pm, but once the employee is independent, RNs can adjust their start times and end times to provide patient care in the home environment. Our home health RNs see between 3-5 patients per day and drive between patient visits. We are a locally owned and operated home health agency looking to add Nurses to its current long-term and experienced Nursing team. Operating in the Valley since 2013, Valley Regional Care has been a leading provider with 500+ patient census. With a leading management team fully focused on employee growth, company benefits and great professional culture, we are excited to add full-time nurses to continue our goals to serve our community.
Requirements
- Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.
- Graduate of National League for Nursing accredited school of nursing.
- Maintains a current CPR certification.
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order - as well as willing to drive around the job posting area.
- Demonstrates excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills; ability to work well with others and communicate time-sensitive information effectively.
- Shows ability to organize and prioritize workload independently – home health employees are typically independent in the field.
Nice To Haves
- One year of home health experience preferred, but not required.
Responsibilities
- 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).
- Ability to read documentation on patient status as well as any orders that the patient PCP may have provided.
- Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs and completes necessary charting within the required timeframe.
- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change; uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Administers medications, treatments, IV ABX, etc. as prescribed by the physician.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs, provides education on plan of care.
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
- Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
Benefits
- 9 Medical benefit plans to choose from (HMO and PPO)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Paid Birthday Leave
- Critical Illness coverage
- Short-term Disability coverage
- Accident insurance
- Life Insurance
- Competitive 401K plan w/ Safe Harbor Matching
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
