Home Health Registered Nurse

Well Care Health•Greensboro, NC

75d

About The Position

The Home Health Registered Nurse uses the nursing process—assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation—to provide individualized patient care in the home. The role includes caring for patients across developmental stages, from neonates through geriatrics, and managing cases according to the nurse’s experience and competency evaluation, established policies and procedures, guidelines, and nursing standards of care. The nurse manages a patient caseload and coordinates care with a multidisciplinary team while communicating in accordance with agency policies and discipline-specific guidelines. The position requires a nursing degree or diploma from an accredited or approved program, a current nursing license in North Carolina or South Carolina, CPR certification, one year of RN experience, and at least two years of total clinical experience. Home health experience is preferred. The role involves physical patient-care duties, home visits, and a variable schedule that may include weekends and holidays as needed. A valid North Carolina driver’s license and operational vehicle are required.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited or approved school of nursing, with an associate degree, diploma, or BSN program.
Current license to practice professional nursing in the state where care is provided (North Carolina or South Carolina).
Current CPR certification.
One year of RN experience and at least two years of total clinical experience. Supplemental clinical experience may include work as an LPN, CNA, military medic, EMT, or in a related role.
Ability to communicate and read and write in English.
Hand-eye coordination and ability to manipulate patient-care equipment, transfer patients, and guard patients.
Ability to develop positive interactions with patients, families, physicians, and staff.
Ability to transfer or maneuver objects weighing at least 50 pounds and frequently push, move, lift, position, bathe, and ambulate patients.
Ability to assess patient conditions, formulate care plans, select interventions, evaluate responses to care, teach patients, prioritize duties, and learn new skills and techniques.
Ability to visually assess patients and use sight to implement and evaluate care, and to use hearing for auscultation, alarms, and communication.
Valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.

Nice To Haves

Home health experience.

Responsibilities

Assess, interpret, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care according to each patient’s age and diagnosis.
Manage a caseload of patients effectively and efficiently, and coordinate care with a multidisciplinary team.
Communicate information in accordance with agency policies, procedures, and discipline-specific guidelines.
Contribute to program effectiveness.
Organize and perform work effectively and efficiently.
Maintain and adjust the schedule to enhance agency performance.
Demonstrate the agency’s values, mission, and vision.
Maintain positive interpersonal relations with agency members and promote customer satisfaction.
Educate patients and families about health management, self-care, their condition, and recovery.
Provide individualized care to patients across developmental stages in their homes.