Registered Nurse PRN - Amarillo area

UnitedHealth Group•Amarillo, TX

1d•$71,677 - $107,516•Remote

About The Position

Elite Home Health, a part of LHC Group and the Optum family, is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide and direct nursing care to patients in their homes. This role involves coordinating the total plan of care with other healthcare professionals, ensuring continuity of patient care through communication with physicians, agency personnel, patients, families, and community resources. The RN will uphold a culture of Caring, Connecting, and Growing Together, aiming to help people feel their best.

Requirements

Current and unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice
Current Driver’s License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation

Responsibilities

Initiates, develops, implements, and revises the plan of care in collaboration with the physician and other health care professionals.
Supervises care provided by home health aides and licensed practical/vocational nurses, providing instruction and assigning tasks according to State and federal regulations.
Provides required supervisory visits.
Provides high-quality clinical services within the scope of practice and infection control standards, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other health care team members.
Completes comprehensive assessments (OASIS) including medication reconciliation accurately and timely.
Documents patient visits per policy and payer requirements, and syncs timely per LHC policy.
Makes initial and/or comprehensive nursing evaluation visits, ensures patients meet home health eligibility and medical necessity guidelines, determines primary focus of care, develops the plan of care within State guidelines with the physician, and submits accurate documentation.
Communicates relevant information timely and effectively with appropriate agency staff, including patient care issues, visit assignments, schedule changes, orders, OASIS data sets, coding requests, and coordination with other clinicians.
Communicates timely and effectively with physicians, patients, and family members to ensure quality care and service excellence.
Takes direction from Clinical Director and Executive Director professionally and completes assigned tasks timely, including required learning.
Assists in the orientation of new agency personnel and serves as a preceptor to other staff and students.
Actively participates in survey/survey readiness activities and performance improvement plans, works to reduce unnecessary patient hospitalizations, improve patient safety, and implements processes and best practices to ensure positive patient outcomes.
Participates in on-call and weekend rotation as needed to meet patient needs.
Adheres to and participates in the agency's utilization management model.
Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client.