Registered Nurse - Home Health - Western Sussex

UnitedHealth Group•Georgetown, DE

5d•$75,450 - $113,174•Onsite

About The Position

Amedisys, part of the Optum family of businesses, provides home health, hospice, and community-based services. The Registered Nurse provides compassionate, skilled psychiatric nursing care to patients in their homes, supporting mental health stability and overall well-being. The role includes assessment, medication management, patient and family education, and coordination with interdisciplinary care teams, while meeting clinical standards and regulatory requirements. The nurse evaluates patients’ behavioral health and psychiatric needs, monitors physical and mental status, identifies complications and medication side effects, and watches for behavioral changes that may require a change in treatment, including crises or suicidal ideation. The nurse educates patients and caregivers, administers IM medications, performs lab draws and specimen collections, coordinates assigned care, documents care accurately and promptly, supervises LPNs and HHAs, and communicates patient progress with the clinical manager, psychiatrist, and care team. The role is based in home health in Western Sussex.

Requirements

Current RN license for the state or states where assigned to work.
Meet one of the CMS psychiatric nursing qualification pathways: an RN with a master's degree in mental health nursing or a psychiatric specialty and nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting; an RN with a bachelor's degree in nursing and one year of recent nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting; or an RN with a diploma or associate's degree in nursing and two years of recent nursing experience in an acute treatment unit or other psychiatric setting.
Qualifying psychiatric experience must have been within the last three to five years; otherwise, documentation must support psychiatric retraining, classes, or continuing education units to update psychiatric knowledge.
Current CPR certification.
Valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and liability insurance.

Responsibilities

Perform initial nursing evaluations, including assessments of behavioral health and psychiatric nursing needs.
Observe and evaluate patients’ physical and mental status for complications and medication side effects.
Monitor for behavioral indicators that may require a change in treatment modality, including crisis or suicidal ideation, as well as other medical signs and symptoms.
Instruct patients and caregivers on care, medication regimens, disease processes, safety interventions, activities of daily living, coping skills, symptom management, and other interventions.
Administer IM medications and perform lab draws and specimen collections.
Coordinate care for assigned patients as a case manager.
Complete documentation accurately and in a timely manner.
Supervise LPNs and HHAs.
Regularly communicate patient progress to the clinical manager, psychiatrist, and care team.