Home Health RN - Elizabeth, Mckeesport and surrounding areas

UPMC • West Mifflin, PA

3d • Remote

About The Position

UPMC Home Health is hiring caring, skilled, and compassionate registered nurses to join our home health nursing team! You’ll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout the Pittsburgh area and surrounding communities in the south. Working outside of a medical facility, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know patients as you guide their care in the comfort of their homes. This is a Full-Time position with Monday - Friday daylight shifts, including rotations for on-call and weekends. The on-call requirement is 6-7 times per 6-week schedule. As an RN with UPMC Home Healthcare, you’ll collaborate with a team of specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff to provide personalized patient care in a home setting.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing required.
• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse or TPP either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located.
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Automotive Insurance
• Driver's License
• Act 33
• Act 34
• OAPSA

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Nursing experience in an Acute Care Facility or Skilled Care Facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish patients’ plans of care in collaboration with physicians, patients, and utilization management (UM) professionals to meet physicians’ orders and patients’ needs.
• Coordinate case management activities across a multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure appropriate, quality patient care.
• Initiate, deliver, and evaluate patient- and family-centered health teaching.
• Strive to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes, delivering compassionate care with an emphasis on the patient's experience.
• Complete all required documentation including visit assessments, OASIS, 485 and verbal orders accurately and promptly on a laptop or in written documentation while in the patient's home and according to all applicable regulatory standards.
• Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization’s standards of conduct, policies, and procedures in addition to all local, state, and federal regulatory guidelines.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus up to $15,000 with a two-year work commitment.
• Career ladder designed for your professional advancement.
• Flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits.
• Premium shift incentive.
• Mileage reimbursement (at the federal rate).
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discounted RN-to-BSN programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree