Registered Nurse (Los Angeles) Home Health
About The Position
The Registered Nurse provides home health nursing care to patients in Los Angeles County and the listed surrounding service areas, including Oxnard, Ventura, Ojai, Camarillo, San Fernando Valley, Lancaster, Palmdale, Tehachapi, Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Paso Robles, and Lompoc. The role involves assessing patients and families, determining home care needs, developing and revising individualized plans of care, providing prescribed treatments and medications, and supporting patients and families with health instructions and discharge planning. The nurse documents clinical care, updates the agency, reports changes in patient condition, obtains physician orders as needed, and coordinates care with community health-related personnel. The position also ensures necessary equipment and services are arranged and supervises, instructs, and evaluates home health aide care every two weeks. Work is on the road and requires reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and an insured automobile.
Requirements
- Current California license to practice professional nursing.
- 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 ability.
- Home health experience; the posting lists two years as required.
- Licensed driver with an insured automobile in good working order that meets state or organization requirements.
- Reliable transportation.
- Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
- Excellent observation, problem-solving, verbal and written communication, and nursing skills as demonstrated per competency checklist.
- Ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of two years of experience, including at least one year in public health or home care nursing, is preferred.
- Associate degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Complete an initial assessment of the patient and family to determine home care needs.
- Perform a physical assessment and document the history of current and previous illnesses.
- Regularly re-evaluate 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.
- 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 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.
- Communicate with community health-related personnel to coordinate the care plan.
- Ensure arrangements are made for equipment and other necessary items and services.
- Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.
- Supervise home health aides.
