Weekend On-Call Registered Nurse | Horizon Home Health and Hospice | Mountain Home, Idaho
About The Position
Horizon Home Health & Hospice is looking for compassionate Registered Nurses with strong clinical skills to join their team in the Meridian, Idaho area. Horizon is one of Idaho's oldest and largest Home Health agencies, with over 20 years of experience and 8 branches across the state. They pride themselves on quality of care, ethical business practices, and core values: Celebrate, Accountability, Passion for Learning, Intelligent Risk Taking, Customer Second, and Ownership. They emphasize a "Customer Second" philosophy, prioritizing employees as their most important focus and achieving job fulfillment through ownership and independence. Horizon is recognized as Idaho’s Employer of Choice.
Requirements
- RN licensed in either Idaho
- Valid Driver's License and Auto Insurance
Nice To Haves
- Home Health experience preferred
Responsibilities
- Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs, including a complete comprehensive assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
- Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
- Develops a care plan that establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, including the patient and family in the planning process.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
- Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
- Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
- Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor or designee and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
- Adheres to the organization’s documentation and care procedures and standards of personal and professional conduct.
- Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.
- Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports any changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physician’s orders as required.
- Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
- Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
- Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
Benefits
- Mileage Reimbursement
- 401(k)
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Voluntary Benefits
- Disability Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Holidays
- Flexible Schedule
- Paid Orientation
- Referral Program
- Employee Assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
