PRN Home Health SOC RN

Elara Caring•Des Plaines, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Elara Caring is seeking a PRN Registered Nurse Home Health to provide care to patients in their homes. The RN assesses patient and family needs, manages an assigned caseload, and is responsible for planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating each patient’s plan of treatment. The role includes initial and ongoing nursing evaluations, follow-up visits, communication of significant findings and changes, and revision of care plans as needed. The nurse works with patients, families, caregivers, physicians, facility personnel, and the home health team while maintaining privacy and confidentiality under HIPAA.

Requirements

Current, unrestricted state RN license.
Able and willing to travel within the branch or office coverage area.
Able to frequently lift, push, pull, and support up to 50 pounds, including positioning or transferring patients and moving equipment.
Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record, or reliable transportation to travel between patient homes and assigned work locations.
Able and willing to travel 50%.

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in Nursing preferred.
Previous Home Health or Hospice experience preferred.
Previous experience with HomeCare HomeBase preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensure activities align with the vision of Elara Caring’s board of directors, executive team, and Home Health leadership.
Maintain patient and staff privacy and confidentiality pursuant to the HIPAA Privacy Final Rule.
Assess assigned home health patient and family caseloads to identify physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs, using documentation, clinical records, team reports, after-hours reports, and on-site evaluations.
Take primary responsibility for the caseload, including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the plan of treatment.
Assess patient needs and gather information on physical, psychological, social, and spiritual factors that may affect patient, family, or caregiver health status; incorporate the information into the plan of care.
Perform initial evaluations and reevaluate patients’ nursing needs during each visit.
Make follow-up visits according to patient, family, and facility needs.
Communicate significant findings, problems, changes in health condition, environmental concerns, or unsafe facility conditions to the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and/or other personnel involved in patient care.
Revise the plan of care in response to identified patient care issues and notify the Clinical Supervisor, physician, facility, and other team members.