Now Hiring Full Time Home Health Registered Nurse RN

Halcyon Home • New Braunfels, TX

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About The Position

Halcyon Home is hiring a full-time Home Health Registered Nurse to support its growing geriatric home health population in San Marcos and New Braunfels, Texas. The role involves assessing patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs; developing and implementing care plans; coordinating with patients, families, physicians, and other care professionals; and ensuring continuity and quality of care. The nurse also provides clinical direction to hospice aides and LPNs/LVNs, educates patients and families, and helps prioritize care with the interdisciplinary group. The position offers competitive pay, team support, education and training opportunities, and a people-first culture.

Requirements

• Current RN license in good standing with the state nursing board.
• Strong clinical and assessment skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in home health or a related health care setting is preferred.
• Knowledge of or experience using Homecare Homebase EMR is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Conduct initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs.
• Apply admission and recertification criteria to establish appropriate levels of care and patient eligibility for hospice care.
• Develop, implement, and document plans of care, recommending revisions as necessary to ensure quality and continuity.
• Communicate effectively with patients, families, team members, and other health care professionals.
• Apply infection-control concepts and standard precautions when coordinating and providing patient care.
• Provide clinical direction to hospice aides and LPNs/LVNs.
• Prepare clinical and progress notes documenting progress toward established goals.
• Ensure continuity of quality patient care with appropriate documentation.
• Inform physicians and other personnel of changes in patient needs and intervention outcomes; evaluate patient and family responses to care.
• Monitor assigned cases for compliance with third-party payer requirements.
• Demonstrate commitment, professional growth, and competency; promote agency philosophy and administrative policies.
• Consult with and educate patients and families about disease processes, self-care techniques, end-of-life care, nutrition, and dietary needs.
• Prioritize needs with members of the interdisciplinary group (IDG).
• Provide training to other staff as needed.
• Determine the scope and frequency of services based on patient acuity and patient and family needs.
• Assess caregivers’ ability to meet patients’ immediate needs upon admission and throughout care.
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.

Benefits

• Five weeks of PTO plus nine holidays in the first year; six weeks of PTO plus nine holidays starting in year two.
• 401(k).
• Dental insurance.
• Disability insurance.
• Health insurance.
• Health savings account.
• Life insurance.
• Paid time off.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Vision insurance.
• Team support and education and training opportunities.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed