UT Health ET Home Health Field RN
About The Position
UT Health ET Home Health is seeking a compassionate full-time Registered Nurse to provide home health care to patients in the Crockett and Palestine, Texas area. The RN builds relationships with patients while supporting recovery, health management, and independence in the home. The role helps ensure continuity of care outside traditional clinical settings and aims to improve patient outcomes, satisfaction, and quality of life. The Home Health RN assesses patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs; determines eligibility and appropriate levels of care; and develops, implements, documents, and revises plans of care. The RN educates patients and families, coordinates services according to patient acuity and needs, and evaluates caregiver capacity. The position also involves preventative and rehabilitative nursing care, infection-control practices, clinical direction for Home Health Aides and LPNs/LVNs, progress documentation, communication with physicians and care team members, and monitoring cases for third-party payer compliance.
Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse (RN) license.
- Valid driver’s license.
- CPR certification.
- Valid auto insurance.
Nice To Haves
- At least 2 years of Home Health RN experience preferred.
- HomeCare HomeBase experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Conduct initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of patients’ physical, functional, psychosocial, and environmental needs.
- Apply admission and recertification criteria to determine appropriate levels of home health care and patient eligibility.
- Develop, implement, and document plans of care, recommending revisions as needed to ensure quality and continuity of care.
- Consult with and educate patients and families on self-care techniques, nutrition, and dietary needs.
- Determine the scope and frequency of services based on acuity and patient and family needs.
- Assess caregivers’ ability to meet patients’ immediate needs upon admission and throughout care.
- Initiate appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Apply infection-control concepts and standard precautions while coordinating and performing patient care activities.
- Provide clinical direction to Home Health Aides and LPNs/LVNs to ensure quality and continuity of service.
- Prepare clinical and progress notes demonstrating progress toward established goals.
- Inform physicians and other personnel of changes in patient needs and intervention outcomes, and evaluate patient and family responses to care.
- Monitor assigned cases for compliance with third-party payer requirements.
- Communicate effectively with patients, families, team members, and other health care professionals.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) eligibility after 3 months of service; the plan is 100% immediately vested, and Choice Health At Home contributes 100% of the first 3% contributed each pay period.
- Health Savings Account.
- Life insurance.
- Short- and long-term disability insurance.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Company vehicles may be available after 90 days of full-time employment, subject to the Fleet Car team’s terms and conditions.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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