Home Health Registered Nurse

Well Care Health•Advance, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Well Care Health is seeking a compassionate Home Health Registered Nurse to provide patient care in home settings. The nurse uses the nursing process—assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating—to deliver individualized care to patients across developmental stages, in accordance with established policies, procedures, guidelines, and nursing standards. The role is responsible for patient care and case management based on the nurse’s experience and competency evaluation, and includes coordinating care with a multidisciplinary team. The position serves adolescents, adults, geriatric patients, and pediatric patients. The schedule is variable Monday through Friday, with weekends and holidays as needed, and must be flexible to accommodate staffing needs. The role requires a valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle. Well Care Health describes its workplace as supportive and rewarding, with opportunities for growth and development, and states that it is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited or approved school of nursing through 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/write in English.
Hand-eye coordination for tasks such as administering injections and using a computer.
Ability to manipulate patient-care equipment and safely transfer 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, and lift patients.
Ability to position, bathe, and ambulate patients, and occasionally reach overhead, climb stairs, and perform fine motor tasks.
Ability to assess patient conditions, formulate care plans, select interventions, evaluate responses to treatment, and teach patients about their condition and recovery.
Ability to use short- and long-term memory, prioritize duties, learn new patient-care skills and techniques, and use supportive services.
Ability to visually assess patients and use sight to implement and evaluate care, and to hear clinical sounds, alarms, and communications.
Valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.
Availability for a variable Monday–Friday schedule, with weekends and holidays as needed, and flexibility to accommodate staffing needs.

Nice To Haves

Home health experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assess, interpret, plan, implement, and evaluate patients’ care according to their age and diagnosis.
Manage a caseload effectively and efficiently, and coordinate patient 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 in daily work.
Maintain positive interpersonal relationships with agency members.
Maintain and promote customer satisfaction.
Provide individualized patient care and case management in patients’ homes.
Educate patients and families on health management and self-care.