Home Health Weekend RN
About The Position
The Home Health Weekend RN provides skilled nursing care to home health clients in Riverside, California. The RN is on call from Friday at 4:30 p.m. until Monday at 8:00 a.m. and covers as-needed visits as well as scheduled weekend visits, including admissions. Compensation includes an on-call stipend plus pay for each completed visit. The role involves assessing patients’ health problems and needs, developing and implementing nursing care plans, maintaining medical records, and coordinating with physicians, therapists, and other members of the care team. The RN also provides education to clients and families about home health care, health maintenance, and disease prevention.
Requirements
- Associate degree required.
- Current and valid California Registered Nurse license.
- Current CPR certification required.
- Valid driver’s license, car insurance, and car registration.
- Availability from Friday at 4:30 p.m. until Monday at 8:00 a.m.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build rapport and establish trust with clients.
- Computer literacy.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Excellent written and communication skills.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including lifting up to 50 pounds for transfers.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited, state-approved school of nursing.
- Prior nursing experience, specifically in home health.
- Home health care experience.
- Bilingual Spanish skills.
Responsibilities
- Remain on call from Friday at 4:30 p.m. until Monday at 8:00 a.m.
- Cover as-needed visits and scheduled weekend visits, including admission visits.
- Provide skilled nursing treatments as ordered by the client’s doctor.
- Complete evaluation tasks, including taking vital signs and reviewing medications.
- Coordinate care with physicians, therapists, and other individuals involved in the client’s care plan.
- Assess and chart observations of the client’s condition at each visit.
- Maintain complete and accurate documentation of nursing care.
- Work collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team.
- Educate clients and families on home health care procedures and strategies.
- Record patients’ medical information and vital signs.
- Monitor, record, and report symptoms or changes in patients’ conditions.
- Administer local, inhalation, intravenous, or other anesthetics.
- Prepare patients for and assist with examinations or treatments.
- Modify patient treatment plans in response to patients’ conditions and responses.
- Order, interpret, and evaluate diagnostic tests to identify and assess patients’ conditions.
- Monitor all aspects of patient care, including diet and physical activity.
- Engage in nursing research and formal educational training activities.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Education Level
Associate degree
