RN - Registered Nurse Home Health

Human Touch Home Health Care•Colorado Springs, CO

14d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care services, drawing on nursing experience and community health education or experience to meet the needs of individuals and families in their homes and communities. The role includes assessing patients, planning and delivering nursing care, coordinating with physicians and community health personnel, and supervising home health aides. Work is in person. Pay is $65–$85 per visit, with a typical visit lasting one hour; compensation is per visit, not per hour. Benefits are offered only to full-time employees.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
One to two years of recent acute-care experience in an institutional setting.
Current Colorado nursing license.
CPR certification.
Licensed driver with an automobile in good working order and insured according to organizational requirements.
Excellent observation, verbal and written communication, problem-solving, and basic math skills; nursing skills in accordance with the competency checklist.
Able to meet the stated physical demands, including prolonged or considerable walking or standing, lifting and transferring patients, lifting supplies and equipment, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching, and the visual acuity and hearing needed to perform nursing skills.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.
One year of home health care experience is preferred.
Management experience is not required.

Responsibilities

Complete an initial assessment of the patient and family to determine home care needs.
Perform a physical assessment and obtain the history of current and previous illnesses.
Regularly reevaluate the patient’s nursing needs.
Initiate and revise the plan of care as the patient’s status and needs change.
Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
Develop a care plan with goals based on nursing diagnoses and therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, involving the patient and family in the planning process.
Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
Provide direct patient care in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act.
Counsel the patient and family about 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 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 the physician and obtain or receive physician’s orders as required.
Coordinate the care plan with community health-related personnel.
Participate in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
Ensure arrangements are available for equipment and other necessary items and services.
Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.
Supervise home health aides.