Registered Nurse (RN), Home Health Care - Full Time
About The Position
Virtua Health is dedicated to serving the community by providing accessible and exceptional care. With over 14,000 colleagues, including skilled doctors, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, Virtua Health offers advanced treatments and technologies across numerous locations, including five hospitals and various specialized centers. They are committed to community well-being through programs like Eat Well, telehealth, home health, and mobile screenings. Virtua Health is also affiliated with Penn Medicine for cancer and neurosciences, and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for pediatrics.
Requirements
- Must have a valid NJ RN License.
- Approved licenses must be presented and maintained in accordance with the State of New Jersey Licensing Board.
- 1 - 2 years recent work experience in a hospital i.e. Med/Surg, E.R., OB/GYN, Peds, MICU, CCU or other specialty units and/or one year recent community health experience.
- Broad knowledge of nursing practice and ability to apply specific skills in the home health setting.
Nice To Haves
- Baccalaureate Degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care through outcome identification and evidence-based practice for the patient in their homes.
- Coordinating patient care and communicating and collaborating extensively with other members of the healthcare team, patients, patient families and significant others to develop the plan of care.
- Supervising the Home Health Aide in the home.
- Promoting delivery of quality care and efficient utilization of agency resources.
- Conducting comprehensive patient assessments incorporating psychosocial and physiological status as well as health behaviors, compliance with therapeutic regime and technical procedures.
- Coordinating plan of treatment with the physician through timely and appropriate communication with the physician.
- Administering, monitoring, and documenting therapeutic interventions and regimes.
- Demonstrating complete knowledge of established standards for documentation, use of point of service devices, and time frames for completion.
- Educating patient and family / significant other regarding disease process, individual care needs, wellness, medications, safety issues, etc.
- Collaborating with other members of the healthcare team to establish the plan of care.
- Maintaining standard precautions and patient safety principles.
- Identifying and participating in performance improvement activities.
- Maintaining professional and departmental level competencies.
Benefits
- medical/prescription insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- health flexible spending accounts
- dependent care flexible spending accounts
- 403(b)
- paid time off
- paid sick leave
- short-term disability
- optional long-term disability
- colleague and dependent life insurance
- supplemental life and AD&D insurance
- tuition assistance
- employee assistance program
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
