Home Infusion Nurse

LUX Infusion•Riverside, CA

21d•$55 - $65•Onsite

About The Position

LUX Infusion is hiring a Registered Nurse to provide home infusion care in West Riverside and surrounding areas. The role involves inserting, monitoring, and removing IVs used to administer medications, blood products, and nutrition; monitoring patients for adverse reactions; performing venous phlebotomy when blood levels need to be checked; and completing vital signs, physical assessments, review of systems, and clinical documentation. The nurse teaches patients and caregivers how to administer and monitor home infusion therapy and care for IV or PICC lines. The position also coordinates and schedules patient visits and staffing, confirms visits with patients and nursing agencies or RNs, reviews nursing notes for accuracy and completeness, and communicates patient needs and treatment concerns to families, supervisors, field personnel, agencies, physicians, and internal and external staff. It requires clinical care as well as planning, organizing, scheduling, and documenting the delivery of care. The role works in patients’ homes, requires travel to patient locations, and includes computer-based documentation and reporting. The stated schedule is weekdays, weeknights, and weekends, with no holidays. The position requires scheduling flexibility and may require extra hours. LUX Infusion describes its culture as clinician-led and people-first, with a focus on compassionate, collaborative care, inclusion, diversity, equity, and advancement.

Requirements

Nursing degree from an accredited college, or IV certification and experience in central-line care and management.
Current state RN license.
At least two years of nursing experience; RN licenses in other states are a plus.
Valid state driver’s license.
Experience in home care, critical care, emergency nursing, AIC, or hospital discharge planning.
Some staffing experience and demonstrated ability to multitask, plan, organize, schedule, and coordinate care.
Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Willingness to travel to patients’ homes and other health care locations.
Experience providing customer service to internal and external customers and meeting service-quality and customer-satisfaction standards.
Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, develop caring relationships with patients, and provide clear instructions.
Medical-surgical experience or knowledge of phlebotomy and venous access.
Ability to work independently and collaboratively, prioritize competing tasks, and work under stress, including in critical situations.
Ability to work a flexible schedule and extra hours when needed.
Ability to perform the listed physical activities, including occasionally lifting or moving up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
Experience with medical terminology.
RN degree and licensure (listed as preferred in addition to the required RN license).
CPR certification (listed as required in the preferred qualifications).

Responsibilities

Insert intravenous cannulas; administer prescribed intravenous solutions and medications; monitor and maintain infusion sites and systems; and evaluate responses to therapy.
Monitor patients during IV therapy for adverse reactions and ensure tubing, bandages, and needles remain in place.
Perform venous phlebotomy when patients need blood levels checked.
Obtain vital signs, perform physical assessments and reviews of systems, and document patient-related activities and medications used.
Teach patients and caregivers to administer and monitor home infusion therapy and to care for IV or PICC lines.
Schedule nursing visits in accordance with prescriptions and established protocols; coordinate start-of-care and ongoing visits; and confirm scheduled visits with patients and nursing agencies or RNs.
Coordinate staffing and patient-care delivery in a timely manner, including communicating schedules to the team.
Follow up on and enter therapy administration reports and email them to the team.
Review nurses’ notes for content, accuracy, and completeness, including drugs administered, dosage, and administration time.
Communicate with patients, families, supervisors, field personnel, agencies, physicians, and internal and external staff about treatment issues, patient needs, scheduling, and reportable situations.
Prepare clinical records, care plans, and progress notes for each patient.
Use computer systems to enter information, prepare reports, and conduct searches; communicate patient or employee information to answering services when needed.
Coordinate care planning with other disciplines and provide professional nursing care responsive to patients’ physical and psychosocial needs.
Participate in quality assurance activities and audits as directed.
Perform duties in accordance with applicable federal and state laws, company compliance policies, confidentiality requirements, and ethical standards.
Travel to patients’ homes and other health care locations as needed and drive as assigned.