Home Health Registered Nurse RN
About The Position
Halcyon Home is hiring a PRN Home Health Registered Nurse to support its growing home health population in Tarrant County, Texas, and surrounding areas. The role is intended for an experienced home health RN comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. The PRN opportunity may transition to full-time as the patient census expands, offering the possibility of taking on an increasing caseload. Halcyon Home is a fast-growing, Central Texas-owned home health, hospice, and home care company. The company emphasizes hospitality and compassion to encourage positive outcomes for its aging clients and states that it has been voted Best in Home Health/Hospice four years in a row and Best in Home Care three years in a row by the Senior Resource Guide. It also identifies as a Great Place to Work.
Requirements
- Current RN license in good standing with the state nursing board.
- Experience in home health is required.
- Strong clinical and assessment skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Ability to work independently and manage time effectively.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of or experience using the Homecare Homebase EMR.
Responsibilities
- Conduct initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the impact of terminal disease on patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs.
- Apply criteria for admission and recertification to hospice care to establish appropriate levels of care and patient eligibility.
- Apply infection-control concepts and standard precautions when coordinating and performing patient care.
- Provide clinical direction to Hospice Aides and LPNs/LVNs to support quality and continuity of service.
- Prepare clinical and progress notes that demonstrate 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, and promote agency philosophy and administrative policies.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, team members, and other health care professionals.
- Implement, develop, and document plans of care; recommend revisions when necessary.
- 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 acuity and patient and family needs.
- Assess caregivers’ ability to meet patients’ immediate needs at admission and throughout care.
- Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Benefits
- Potential to transition from PRN to a full-time position as patient census expands.
- People-first culture with team support.
- Work alongside a caring and collaborative group of professionals.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
