Registered Nurse

Iconma Portal•Morgantown, WV

About The Position

The Registered Nurse assesses the health of people served and implements their care plans, supports health maintenance and disease prevention, and may provide case management. The role may also involve supervising care plans and staff members. Nursing support is provided to well, chronically ill, or acutely ill individuals in a community or small-facility setting. The nurse works with other health professionals and providers to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and services addressing individuals’ health needs, and coordinates communications and actions among disciplines regarding health and safety supports. The Registered Nurse oversees medication processes and policies, monitors changes in clients’ conditions, coordinates health-related appointments and follow-up, maintains nursing documentation, and supports continuity of care during hospitalization and discharge. The role also includes supervising licensed practical/vocational nurses as needed and providing health and safety training to employees and unlicensed staff.

Requirements

Home health experience.
Experience with HCHB.
Experience with OASIS.

Responsibilities

Assess the health of people served and implement their care plans.
Ensure health maintenance and disease prevention and/or provide case management.
Supervise care plans and staff members as required by daily assignments.
Observe, assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nursing support for well, chronically ill, or acutely ill individuals in community or small-facility settings.
Work with other health professionals and providers to plan, implement, and evaluate programs and services addressing the health needs of people served.
Coordinate communications and actions among disciplines concerning health and safety supports.
Ensure medications are ordered, reviewed, monitored, discontinued, and, when necessary, disposed of as prescribed by the physician.
Ensure policies address medication administration, errors, storage and access, and destruction; review them at least annually and revise as necessary.
Report changes in clients’ conditions to physicians through progress reports.
Transcribe or ensure transcription of physician phone orders and other medically related reports.
Complete required daily, monthly, quarterly, and annual nursing documents.
Ensure individuals’ health status is routinely documented in nurses’ notes.
Ensure furnishings, equipment, and supplies are maintained according to guidelines intended to prevent the spread of disease.
Direct and supervise licensed practical/vocational nurses as needed.
Ensure health-related appointments are scheduled and completed, and that appropriate responses to findings are implemented promptly.
Maintain communication with inpatient nursing staff and discharge coordinators when individuals served are hospitalized.
Provide new-employee training and annual recertification training on health and safety topics.
Ensure unlicensed staff are trained on person-specific health maintenance, safety, and disease-prevention needs.