Pediatric Home Team (Transitional) Nurse
About The Position
Join our team as a Home Team Nurse for a growing company that has a huge heart, fast-paced work environment, and great benefits! Work with passionate, talented professionals that are dedicated to serving our clients and feel rewarded knowing that your job MATTERS! The Company: Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health is a family, clinically-owned company that has been caring for the medically fragile community since 2000! The company was founded by a nurse with a huge heart, and today we pride ourselves on our values: Heart, Advocacy, Love, and Outreach! #HALOS The Position: Using strong clinical and assessment skills to assess patients’ post-acute needs in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary Halos Home Team and the patients discharge care providers to ensure continuity of care when discharging home.
Requirements
- Active Texas RN or LPN license
- Active CPR
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Adaptability
- Provide care in a client home setting
- Ability to make a positive and lasting impression
- Ability to work as a team member
- Flexibility in scheduling with the ability to work on call as needed.
- Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move
- Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient needs, and to make quick decisions and resource acquisition’ meet patient/family individualized psycho socials needs.
- Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position.
- Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity and the ability to work effectively with clients, personnel, and support.
- Must submit a resume to be considered for this position
Nice To Haves
- Bilingual Preferred but Not Required
- Trach/vent experience preferred
- Home care preferred
Responsibilities
- Focus on the medical needs and treatment of infants, children, and/or adolescents primarily in their home according to the active plan of care, as given by the physician and other appropriate personnel.
- Maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
- Conduct on-going patient care and assessments.
- Administration of prescribed medications, treatments, and therapies.
- Coordination of care.
- Educate family members/caregivers on patient clinical care to enhance positive outcomes.
- Preventative initiatives to protect quality of care for patient.
- Assess patients’ post-acute care needs in collaboration with the Clinical Care Managers and the patients discharge care providers to ensure continuity of care when discharging home.
- Provide interim care to patients experiencing gaps due to call offs, vacations and staff shortages with varying acuity and scheduling needs.
- Provide one-on-one training to nurses in the field to ensure a smooth clinical and non-clinical transition assuring continuity of care when the Halo’s Home Team exists the case.
- In conjunction with support staff, serve as a liaison and patient advocate on complicated cases.
- Exercise necessary cost control measures.
- Demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively and asking questions when clarification is needed.
- Be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion.
- Meet all productivity requirements.
- Demonstrate team behavior and must be willing to promote a team-oriented environment.
- Represent the organization professionally at all times.
- Demonstrate initiative
- Continually improve processes and relationships.
Benefits
- Major medical, dental, & vision plans with a generous portion of medical covered by AOC
- Group & voluntary life insurance
- 401K
- Paid time off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Supplemental Insurance Policies
- Patient Care Coordination Services
- Prescription Concierge Service
- Anytime Fitness gym discount
- Voluntary long-term & short-term disability
- Free life insurance
- Cellular discounts
- Health savings account
- Dependent care flexible spending account
- Wellness program & incentives
- Legal Shield & Identity Shield
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
- Annual car giveaway
- and many more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
