Home Health RN

UPMC • Harrisburg, PA

7h • Onsite

About The Position

UPMC Home Healthcare is seeking caring, skilled, and compassionate registered nurses to join their home health nursing team. This role involves providing direct, one-on-one patient care in a home setting, working with a diverse patient population throughout surrounding communities. Nurses will have the opportunity to establish rapport with patients and their families, guiding their treatment plans in the comfort of their homes. The position requires collaboration with a multi-disciplinary health care team, including specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff, to ensure personalized and quality patient care.

Requirements

• 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.
• Good clinical judgment with critical thinking, analytical and problem-solving abilities required as related to various aspects of patient care.
• Critical thinking skills necessary to exercise and to lead others in application of the nursing process.
• Mobility and visual manual dexterity.
• Physical stamina for frequent walking, standing, lifting, and positioning of patients.
• Successful completion of Home Health/Hospice Orientation upon hire.
• Graduate nurses must complete licensure examination within SIX (6) MONTHS of hire or within one year of graduation, whichever comes first.
• Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state.
• Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.
• Automotive Insurance
• Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
• Driver's License
• Registered Nurse (RN) OR Temporary Practice Permit (TPP)
• Act 33 Clearance
• Act 34 Clearance
• OAPSA Clearance

Nice To Haves

• Six (6) months of nursing experience in an Acute Care or Skilled Care Facility or Home Health or Hospice Care
• BSN

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.
• Demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care and/or interact appropriately to the ages of the patients served by his/her assigned unit.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patients' status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patients' requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs and to provide the care needs as described in the department policy and procedures.

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus available for new graduates and experienced staff
• Career ladder designed for professional advancement
• Flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits
• Robust benefits package for total well-being (physically, financially, and emotionally)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Discounted RN-to-BSN programs
• Mileage reimbursement (at the federal rate)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree