RN - Registered Nurse
About The Position
Human Touch Home Care is seeking a Registered Nurse to provide skilled home health care to homebound clients in Colorado. The role involves assessing patients and families, developing and revising care plans, providing direct nursing care, administering prescribed medications and treatments, coordinating services, and communicating with physicians and other community health professionals. The nurse may act as case manager when assigned by the Clinical Supervisor and is responsible for supervising home health aides. The position is PRN, in person, and pays $70–$90 per visit; a typical visit is one hour. Benefits listed in the posting are for full-time employees only.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
- One to two years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting.
- Current state licensure and CPR certification.
- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and basic math skills, as well as nursing skills per the competency checklist.
- Able to walk or stand for prolonged or considerable periods.
- Able to lift, position, or transfer patients and lift supplies and equipment.
- Able to perform considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching.
- Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to perform required nursing skills.
- Licensed driver with an automobile in good working order and insured according to organizational requirements.
- Reliably commute to Thornton, Colorado, or plan to relocate before starting work.
- Discipline license required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree.
- One year of home health care experience.
- One year of discipline experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Complete initial assessments of patients and families to determine home care needs, including physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses.
- Regularly re-evaluate patients’ nursing needs.
- Initiate and revise plans of care as patient status and needs change.
- Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
- Develop care plans with goals based on nursing diagnoses, incorporating therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions and including patients and families in planning.
- Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures and administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
- Provide direct patient care as defined in the State Nurse Practice Act.
- Counsel patients and families regarding nursing and related needs.
- Provide health care instructions to patients as appropriate to the assessment and plan of care.
- Identify discharge planning needs, include them in 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.
- Prepare clinical notes and update the primary physician when necessary and at least every 60 days.
- Communicate patient needs and changes in condition to physicians, and obtain or receive physician orders as required.
- Communicate with community health-related persons to coordinate the care plan.
- Participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
- Ensure arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
- Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.
Benefits
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
- Positive and supportive work environment.
- Contribution to improving healthcare access and quality in the community.
- Comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees, including health insurance, vision, dental, paid time off, sick leave, and retirement plans.
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