Registered Nurse (Lompoc) Home Health

Omega Home Health Care Services • Lompoc, CA

9h • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse provides home health nursing care to patients in Lompoc and the listed service areas. The role includes assessing patients and families, identifying nursing needs, developing and revising care plans, delivering prescribed treatments, educating patients and families, and supporting discharge planning. The nurse also documents and communicates patient status and care needs to the agency, physicians, and community health-related professionals; coordinates necessary equipment and services; and supervises and evaluates home health aide care every two weeks.

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 organizational requirements.
• Two years of home health experience is required.
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent observation, problem-solving, verbal communication, written communication, and nursing skills as demonstrated by the competency checklist.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.
• Reliable transportation and a valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

• Minimum of two years’ experience, with 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 physical assessments and obtain histories of current and previous illnesses.
• Regularly reevaluate patients’ nursing needs and revise the plan of care as their status 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, including the patient and family in planning.
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsel patients and families about nursing and related needs and provide health care instructions as appropriate.
• Identify and implement discharge planning needs before patient 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 professionals to coordinate the care plan.
• Ensure arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services.
• Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.

What This Job Offers

• Education Level: Associate degree