Registered Nurse - Home Health Lincoln FT Days

Advocate Health and Hospitals Corporation • Lincolnton, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This full-time Registered Nurse position in Home Health at Lincoln focuses on the daily management of an assigned patient caseload. The role involves ensuring timely care and documentation, collecting patient data through assessments and telephonic contacts, and analyzing this information to identify issues and resources for resolution. A key aspect of the role is identifying patients at high risk for re-hospitalization, falls, or high resource utilization, and implementing interventions and case conferencing to mitigate these risks and ensure high-quality outcomes. The nurse will prioritize multi-issue situations based on criticality, patient welfare, safety, and service impact. They will also identify and address barriers to resolution, such as language or literacy issues, by collaborating with appropriate resources or leadership. The position requires developing and overseeing a plan of care, communicating it effectively, and directing a multidisciplinary clinical team, including supervising LPNs and HHAs. Performing ordered treatments, therapies, and procedures in accordance with state and federal regulations, JCAHO, and agency policies is also a core responsibility, along with evaluating patient progress towards goals.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• BLS required per policy guidelines.
• Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works.
• Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies.
• Must speak English in good, understandable terms.
• Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch.
• Finger dexterity.
• Critical thinking and ability to concentrate.
• Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient conditions.

Nice To Haves

• BSN preferred.
• Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the daily management of an assigned patient caseload, ensuring timely care and documentation to meet the patient needs/services as prescribed in the established plan of care and per MD orders
• Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation from patient assessments in the home setting, telephonic contacts and/or related EMR information available.
• Analyzes the data to determine the issues and available resources to seek effective resolution.
• Identifies patients at high risk for re-hospitalization, falls and/or high utilization of resources that require additional intervention and case conferencing to ensure appropriate care and frequency of services mitigates risk and ensure high quality outcomes
• Prioritizes multi-issue, situations appropriate to the criticality of patient health and welfare, patient/staff safety and impact to effective, timely services
• Identifies barriers to situation/complaint resolution (i.e. language, literacy, psychological, etc) and follows-up with the appropriate resources or leadership to address timely and effectively
• Develops and provides oversight of a plan of care that is effectively communicated with the parties involved and supports quality patient outcomes and patient satisfaction.
• Implements the identified plan, and directs the care coordination of a multidisciplinary clinical team approach, supervision of LPNs and/or HHAs involved in the care of the assigned patient caseload to promote health and safe outcomes.
• Performs ordered treatments, therapies, and/or procedures in accordance with State Nurse Practice Act and Home Health Conditions of Participation, JCAHO and agency policy and procedures.
• Evaluates progress towards attainment of patient centered goals.

Benefits

• Sign-On Bonus eligible, up to $15,000.00 for qualified applicants.
• Internal teammates are eligible for a $7,500.00 Referral Bonus.
• Paid Time Off programs
• medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level