Registered Nurse (Loma Linda/Inland Empire) Home Health

Omega Home Health Care Services • Loma Linda, CA

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Omega Home Cares is seeking Registered Nurses with home health experience to serve Loma Linda, the Inland Empire, and surrounding areas. This per-diem role provides home health nursing care, including patient assessment, care planning, treatment, patient and family education, care coordination, and supervision of home health aides. The position works on the road and requires reliable transportation, a valid driver's license, and an insured, well-maintained automobile.

Requirements

• Current California registered nurse license.
• 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.
• Valid driver's license and insured automobile in good working order, meeting state or organization requirements.
• Two years of home health experience required; the posting also states that at least one year in public health or home care nursing is preferred.
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
• Excellent observation, problem-solving, verbal and written communication, and nursing skills as demonstrated by a competency checklist.
• Ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.
• Reliable transportation.
• Ability to meet the role's physical demands, including prolonged or considerable walking or standing, occasional lifting or moving of at least 50 pounds and transferring patients, lifting supplies and equipment, considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching, and visual acuity and hearing sufficient to perform nursing skills.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• At least one year of experience in public health or home care nursing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial assessments of patients and families to determine home care needs, including physical assessments and histories of current and previous illnesses.
• Reevaluate patients' nursing needs regularly and revise the plan of care as patients' status and needs change.
• Use health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses and develop care plans with goals and therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions, involving patients and families in planning.
• Initiate appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures; administer physician-prescribed medications and treatments.
• Counsel patients and families on nursing and related needs and provide health care instructions as appropriate to the assessment and plan of care.
• Identify discharge planning needs during care plan development and implement them before discharge.
• Prepare clinical notes and update the agency as necessary; communicate patient needs and changes in condition and obtain or receive physician orders as required.
• Communicate with community health-related personnel to coordinate the care plan.
• Ensure arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care every two weeks.
• Supervise home health aides.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level