Registered Nurse Home Health

UPMC•Altoona, PA

29d•Remote

About The Position

UPMC Home Healthcare is hiring caring, skilled, and compassionate registered nurses to join our home health nursing team! You’ll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout Altoona and surrounding communities including Blair, Bedford, Cambria, Somerset, Huntingdon, Mifflin, and Centre. Working outside of a medical facility, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know patients as you guide their care in the comfort of their homes. This role offers Monday - Friday daylight shifts with rotations for on-call and weekends. We have various offices and will work with you to find the best location and fit for your career at UPMC Home Health. As an RN with UPMC Home Healthcare, you’ll collaborate with our team of specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff to provide personalized patient care in a home setting.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.
Zero to one year of experience.
Ability to establish and maintain positive, caring relationships with executives, managers, physicians, non-physician providers, ancillary and support staff, other departments, and patients/families.
Ability to work productively and effectively within a complex environment, handle multiple/changing priorities and specialized equipment.
Critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities are required as related to various aspects of patient care.
Good clinical judgment. Critical thinking skills are necessary to exercise and to lead others in the application of the nursing process.
Mobility and visual manual dexterity. Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located OR TPP
CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
Automotive Insurance
Driver's License
Act 33
Act 34
OAPSA

Nice To Haves

BSN preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish patients’ plans of care in collaboration with physicians, patients, and utilization management (UM) professionals to meet physicians’ orders and patients’ needs.
Coordinate case management activities across a multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure appropriate, quality patient care.
Initiate, deliver, and evaluate patient- and family-centered health teaching.
Strive to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes, delivering compassionate care with an emphasis on the patient's experience.
Complete all required documentation including visit assessments, OASIS, 485 and verbal orders accurately and promptly on a laptop or in written documentation while in the patient's home and according to all applicable regulatory standards.
Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization’s standards of conduct, policies, and procedures in addition to all local, state, and federal regulatory guidelines.