FT RN

WVU Medicine•Gassaway, WV

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse is responsible for direct and indirect nursing care for patients in their homes. In collaboration with the patient, family, and interdisciplinary team (IDT), the nurse serves as case manager and develops, implements, and evaluates nursing care in accordance with agency and system policies. The position includes home health assessment, treatment, education, documentation, and care coordination for patients across age groups. The nurse also performs home health aide functions, monitors patient status, communicates changes to administrative staff and physicians, and coordinates medications and changes in level of care. Work is primarily performed in patients’ homes and may require extensive travel. The position is scheduled for 40 hours per week and is non-exempt.

Requirements

Current Registered Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate Registered Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Valid driver’s license.
CPR certification within 30 days of hire.
IV skills.
Ability to read and write legibly in English.
Normal-range hearing and visual acuity.
Ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.
Ability to perform concentrated and complex mental activity, including involvement in complex and highly technical situations.
Ability to work successfully under highly stressful conditions and adapt to changing workloads and assignments.
Ability to make sound, independent judgments based on scientific principles and collaborate appropriately with multidisciplinary team members.
Ability to comprehend and follow oral and written instructions and procedures.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Math skills sufficient to calculate drug dosages and infusion rates.
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts.
Knowledge of and compliance with safety policies and procedures.

Nice To Haves

One year of home care nursing experience and two years of prior nursing experience.

Responsibilities

Perform the functions of the home health aide.
Perform and monitor basic patient care according to policies and procedures.
Provide a safe and comfortable environment in the patient’s home while protecting patient privacy and dignity.
Complete assignments in a timely manner and assume on-call responsibilities according to policy.
Communicate patient care problems or potential problems to administrative staff and interdisciplinary team members to support continuity and coordination of care.
Provide age-specific care based on patients’ physical, psychosocial, communication, safety, and education needs, from infant through geriatric age groups.
Apply agency admission criteria.
Complete OASIS documentation within federal guidelines, including start-of-care, resumption-of-care, recertification, and discharge documentation.
Complete and document full-system assessments, including physical and psychosocial status, at admission and subsequent visits.
Respond appropriately to changes in patient condition based on understanding of pathophysiologic processes; report significant observed changes to administrative staff and/or physicians.
Document patient status and care or services provided according to documentation policy.
Document home health aide supervisory visits according to standards.
Perform CPR in accordance with the wishes of the patient’s appropriate representative.
Use and maintain durable medical equipment (DME), medical supplies, and adaptive equipment safely and efficiently; notify administration or the physician of safety issues related to DME in the home.
Demonstrate the required bag technique and apply and maintain equipment according to policy and procedure.
Use supplies effectively and support cost containment.
Maintain the integrity of IV sites while providing patient care.
Perform treatments and procedures according to standards, including vital signs, weights, specimen collection, ostomy and tracheotomy care, catheterization, wound care, dressing changes, suctioning, and gastric-tube feeding and maintenance.
Provide and monitor patient teaching according to policy and procedures.
Coordinate care to ensure medications are administered as ordered and in compliance with medication-administration requirements.
Coordinate the care team to facilitate changes in level of care according to the applicable standard.
Identify the stages of death and dying.
Complete plans of treatment and recertifications accurately and on time in accordance with Medicare guidelines.