Home Health Registered Nurse

Well Care Health•Advance, NC

7d•Onsite

About The Position

The Home Health Registered Nurse uses the nursing process—assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating—to provide individualized patient care in the home setting. The role provides care to patients across developmental stages and is responsible for care and case management based on the nurse’s experience and competency evaluation. The nurse works under established policies, procedures, guidelines, and nursing standards of care, and coordinates with a multidisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes. The position requires a current professional nursing license in the state where care is provided (North Carolina or South Carolina), CPR certification, and a valid North Carolina driver’s license and operational vehicle. The schedule is variable Monday through Friday, with weekends and holidays as needed, and flexibility to accommodate staffing needs. The role involves home visits and physical patient-care tasks, including transferring and maneuvering objects weighing at least 50 pounds.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited or approved school of nursing through an AD, diploma, or BSN program.
Current license to practice professional nursing in the state where care is provided (NC/SC).
Current CPR certification.
One year of RN experience and at least two years of total clinical experience; supplemental experience may include LPN, CNA, military medic, EMT, or related experience.
Ability to communicate and read and write in English.
Hand/eye coordination to administer injections and use a computer; ability to manipulate patient-care equipment and properly 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, lift, position, bathe, and ambulate patients; occasional overhead reaching, stair climbing, and fine motor manipulation are required.
Ability to assess patients, formulate care plans, select interventions, evaluate responses to care, and explain or 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 care needs, and to use hearing to auscultate sounds, hear alarms, and communicate effectively.
Valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.
Ability to work a variable Monday–Friday schedule, with weekends and holidays as needed, and to adjust hours 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 of patients effectively and efficiently, coordinating 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 and maintain positive interpersonal relationships with agency members.
Promote customer satisfaction.
Demonstrate the agency’s mission, vision, and values in daily work.
Educate patients and families about health management, self-care, their condition, and recovery.
Provide individualized care and case management to patients in their homes.