Registered Nurse (RN)- Homecare

Interim HealthCare - Novi, MI•Livonia, MI

14h•Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Nurse (RN) provides services and/or treatments requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill and provides effective and efficient patient care in accordance with applicable law and regulations, accepted standards of nursing practice, payor requirements and Interim HealthCare policies and procedures.

Requirements

Substantial and specialized nursing skill
Effective and efficient patient care
Adherence to applicable law and regulations
Adherence to accepted standards of nursing practice
Adherence to payor requirements
Adherence to Interim HealthCare policies and procedures
Ability to complete initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments
Ability to develop and evaluate plans of care in partnership with patients, representatives, and caregivers
Ability to counsel and educate patients and families
Ability to initiate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures
Ability to complete timely and accurate clinical notes
Ability to refer to other services as needed
Ability to monitor and evaluate patient care outcomes
Ability to communicate changes in patient needs to appropriate staff
Ability to assign home care aides and supervise paraprofessional staff
Ability to coordinate patient discharge plans
Ability to communicate effectively with interdisciplinary healthcare team members
Ability to communicate with physicians and other healthcare practitioners
Ability to use clinical decision making
Ability to participate in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program
Ability to participate in in-services or training
Ability to participate in Emergency Preparedness program
Ability to contribute to company programs and services
Ability to contribute to office business growth
Ability to perform other assignments within the scope of licensure
Ability to access and use personal health information (PHI)

Responsibilities

Participates in ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient.
Completes initial and ongoing comprehensive assessments of the patient’s needs at appropriate time points as assigned.
Participates in the development and evaluation of the plan of care in partnership with the patient, representative (if any), and caregiver(s).
Contributes to the patient’s plan of care/service plan.
Participates with the patient in clarifying mutually agreed upon goals and incorporates these goals into the plan of care/service plan.
Provides services that are ordered by the physician as indicated in the plan of care.
Counsels and educates the patient and family in meeting healthcare related needs.
Initiates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Completes timely and accurate clinical notes including addressing the patient’s progress.
Refers to other services as needed.
Monitors and evaluates outcomes of patient care.
Communicates with appropriate staff regarding changes in the patient’s needs.
Assigns home care aide to a specific patient.
Supervises paraprofessional staff.
Coordinates plans for patient discharge from services.
Effectively communicates with other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team providing care to promote coordination of patient care and planning for discharge.
Communicates with all physicians involved in the plan of care and other health care practitioners (as appropriate) related to the current plan of care.
Follows accepted standards of nursing practice.
Uses clinical decision making to efficiently and effectively manage individual patients.
Participates in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement (QAPI) program.
Participates in in-services or training, as requested.
Participates in the Office’s Emergency Preparedness program, as requested.
Contributes to the effective implementation of company programs and services.
Contributes to Office business growth.
Provides other assignments as requested and within the scope of licensure.
Accesses personal health information (“PHI”) necessary to fulfill the above duties and responsibilities. Access to use and ability to disclose PHI is further defined by each organization/department.