Registered Nurse (Santa Barbara) Home Health

Omega Home Health Care Services • Santa Barbara, CA

22h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides home health nursing services to patients in Santa Barbara and surrounding areas. The role includes assessing patients and families, identifying nursing needs, developing and revising plans of care, providing prescribed treatments and medications, counseling patients and families, and supporting discharge planning. The nurse also communicates patient status and care needs to the agency, physicians, and community health-related personnel, coordinates care, ensures necessary equipment and services are available, and supervises home health aides.

Requirements

• Current California registered nurse licensure.
• Graduate of a National League for Nursing-accredited school of nursing.
• Current CPR certification.
• Ability to perform lab draws and wound care.
• Experience with IVs, including PICC lines, central lines, and midlines.
• Tracheostomy management skills.
• Licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order that meets state or organization requirements.
• At least two years of home health experience is required in the application questions.
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent observation, problem-solving, verbal communication, and written communication skills.
• Nursing skills as demonstrated on a competency checklist.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the job, including prolonged or considerable walking or standing, occasional lifting or moving at least 50 pounds or transferring patients, lifting supplies and equipment, and considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching.
• Visual acuity and hearing sufficient to perform required 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.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial assessments of patients and families to determine home care needs.
• Perform physical assessments and collect histories of current and previous illnesses.
• Regularly reassess patients’ nursing needs and revise plans of care as patients’ conditions or needs change.
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
• Develop care plans with goals based on nursing diagnoses and therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, involving patients and families in planning.
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by physicians.
• Counsel patients and families about nursing and related needs and provide health care instructions as appropriate.
• Identify discharge planning needs and implement discharge plans before discharge.
• Prepare clinical notes and update the agency when necessary.
• Communicate patient needs and changes in condition to the agency, and obtain or receive physician orders as required.
• Coordinate care plans with community health-related personnel.
• Ensure arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.
• Supervise home health aides.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level