Home Health Visit Nurse - Evening (1pm-9:30pm CST)

Chartwell Midwest•Middleton, WI

29d•$37 - $55•Onsite

About The Position

UW Health Care Direct is seeking a Home Health Visit Nurse for an evening position, working from 1:00 PM to 9:30 PM CST. This role involves coordinating and directing care based on individual patient needs, utilizing advanced assessment, teaching, and decision-making skills. The nurse is responsible for ensuring appropriate referrals, completing documentation, conducting patient visits and home health admissions, evaluating patient appropriateness for home health, and developing home health plans in conjunction with physicians. They will also educate patients, families, caregivers, and community providers, and work collaboratively with the RN Case Manager to ensure effective patient services for well-being and safety.

Requirements

State of Wisconsin Registered Nurse license
State of Wisconsin Valid driver’s license
Minimum of one year of recent experience in nursing
CPR/BLS certification
Current IV therapy skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Registered Nursing preferred.
Experience and strong knowledge base in Home Health preferred.
Experience with wound/ostomy care

Responsibilities

Performs comprehensive assessments of physical, functional, psychosocial, and cognitive status of the home health patient utilizing interview observations and physical exam techniques.
Assesses the home environment for safety, infection control, and community resource needs.
Plans with the patient and family for care which is feasible within the physical, financial, and emotional resources of the family.
Establishes individualized, measurable goals in consultation with the patient, family, and other health care providers.
Anticipates home health needs and seeks a wide range of community resources to facilitate problem solving.
Sets priorities of home health visits, adapting to the changing needs of the home care patients and families.
Works collaboratively with the inter-disciplinary team and multiple community resources to best meet the needs of the home health patient and family.
Evaluates patient’s responses to care based on a continuing assessment and analysis of nursing intervention and alternatives.
Facilitates and participates in formal and informal interdisciplinary care conferences to address the needs of complex patients.
Maintains an updated EHR for each patient and meets required regulatory deadlines.
Participates in and assists in the ongoing development of home health policies, procedures, standards of care and documentation systems.
Initiates interdisciplinary collaboration to positively impact the outcomes of health care provided to patients and their families in the community.
Involves the patient and family in the plan of care, incorporating their cultural, spiritual, and other belief systems.
Assists leadership in identifying potential clinical practice issues and contributes to the development of specific plans to improve home health patient outcomes.
Demonstrates knowledge of research findings related to home health nursing by implementing current practice standards.
Incorporates changes in clinical practice to reflect new advances and ensure effectiveness of planned interventions.
Successfully completes initial and ongoing organizational and department education, training, and competency requirements.
Understands, demonstrates, and follows organizational infection control guidelines (CDIC).
Focuses on improving processes and champions efficiency in daily work activities.
Promotes a culture of safety by taking accountability for individual actions, including but not limited to, promptly reporting errors or near misses via the organization’s occurrence reporting system and participating in developing improved safety processes, as appropriate.
Performs other duties as assigned.