Registered Home Health Nurse

AlpineCare•Milwaukee, WI

12h•Onsite

About The Position

Alpine Care Home Health is dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care in the home setting, helping individuals remain safe and independent. Their team of skilled clinicians offers deep expertise in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and complex care management. They provide customized tools and hands-on support to improve mobility, accelerate recovery, and encourage lasting self-reliance, emphasizing personalized, evidence-based care. They work closely with primary care providers, families, and specialists to create proactive, holistic care plans aligned with each patient’s priorities, supporting patient independence and long-term stability through access to a full range of physical and mental health services. The company is building a purpose-driven team passionate about making a difference in home-based care. The Registered Home Health Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity, including patient residences and qualifying facilities. This role involves communicating patient progress with other disciplines and directing, supervising, and instructing non-professional home health aide staff in personal care. The candidate will also provide specialized nursing care to veterans enrolled in bowel management programs with the Veterans Affairs (VA), with comprehensive training provided to ensure clinical competency.

Requirements

Current unencumbered State professional Nurse License
Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
The ability to make sound professional clinical judgment
The ability to assess and document patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs
Proficient clinical skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Proficiency in personal computer use, including e-mail, clinical, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software
Active CPR Certification

Nice To Haves

One year of experience as a home care professional nurse and is competent in performing home care comprehensive assessment
Be willing to drive 50 miles to see patients

Responsibilities

Provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity to include patient residence and qualifying facilities
Communicates the patient’s progress with other disciplines
Directs, supervises and instructs non-professional home health aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient
Provides specialized nursing care to veterans enrolled in bowel management programs with the Veterans Affairs (VA)
Under the physician’s order, admits patients eligible for home care services within 24-48 hours
Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients
Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency Clinical Supervisor and referring physician
Reports to assigned follow-up Clinician as indicated
Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems, patient problems and goals
Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or at recertification
Completed admission paperwork and patient care plan submitted to Clinical Supervisor per agency policy following the admission including completed and signed admission checklist
Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching and training activities as outlined in the patient Plan of Care
Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way
Reports significant findings to patient’s physician and Clinical Supervisor as they occur
Submits completed skilled nursing visit notes; communication notes and home health aide supervisory notes per agency policy on designated days as requested by Clinical Supervisor
Submits change orders per agency policy
Performs all OASIS time point assessment per Medicare Criteria and submits recertification paperwork per agency policy and procedure
Maintains open lines of communications to all members of the continuum of care team
Supervises Home Health Aide and license and documents per Medicare criteria and per agency policy and procedure
Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new nursing staff as requested
Attends staff meetings, team conferences and educational in-services per agency requirements
Participates in Process Improvement (PI) program by assisting with collection of data and serves on PI team upon request
Participates in discharge planning process Medicare Criteria and agency policy and procedure
Follows agency policies and procedures
Performs these and all other duties as assigned by the Administrator
Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care
Other duties as assigned