Registered Nurse (TO SERVICE CLIENTS IN 77049)
About The Position
Tri-FLEXSI Home Health Care, Inc. is seeking a motivated and compassionate Registered Nurse to provide home care services to clients in Houston and surrounding areas. The nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care services, drawing on community resources to meet the needs of individuals and families in their homes and communities. The role emphasizes nursing and community health education or experience. Compensation is $55 to $100 per visit, paid semi-monthly. The position offers a flexible work schedule, professional growth and development opportunities, a collaborative and supportive work environment, and access to necessary medical equipment and supplies. The nurse may act as a case manager when assigned by the Clinical Supervisor and is responsible for supervising home health aides.
Requirements
- Current Registered Nurse licensure to practice professional nursing in Texas.
- Graduate of a National League for Nursing-accredited school of nursing.
- Current CPR certification.
- Licensed driver with an automobile insured according to state or organizational requirements and in good working order.
- Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
- Excellent observation, problem-solving, verbal communication, and written communication skills, and nursing skills per competency checklist.
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.
- Ability to supervise home health aides.
- Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including walking or standing for prolonged or considerable periods; lifting, positioning, or transferring patients; lifting supplies and equipment; considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching; and the visual acuity and hearing needed to perform nursing skills.
Nice To Haves
- At least two years of experience, including at least one year in public health or home care nursing, is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Complete initial patient and family assessments to determine home care needs, including physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses.
- Regularly reassess patients' nursing needs and use assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Initiate and revise plans of care as patient status and needs change, setting goals based on nursing diagnoses and incorporating therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative actions.
- Include patients and families in care planning.
- Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Counsel patients and families on nursing and related needs and provide health care instructions as appropriate to the assessment and plan of care.
- Identify discharge planning needs during care plan development and implement them before patient discharge.
- Act as case manager when assigned by the Clinical Supervisor and coordinate care for the assigned caseload.
- Communicate patient needs and changes in condition to physicians and obtain or receive physician orders as required.
- Coordinate care plans with community health-related personnel.
- Participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
- Ensure arrangements for equipment, necessary items, and services.
- Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care.
Benefits
- Flexible work schedule
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Collaborative and supportive work environment
- Access to necessary medical equipment and supplies
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