RN Community Home Care

Bethany Village•Horseheads, NY

About The Position

The RN Community Home Care assists the Administrator and Coordinator with case management and ensures appropriate client activities are provided in the home care setting. The role supervises and assesses staff performance and oversees care in accordance with client needs, physician orders, family needs, and regulatory guidelines. The RN orients, supervises, and evaluates home care staff; participates in employment decisions and staff education; and helps resolve employee complaints and grievances. The position also coordinates and reviews home care aide assignments and reports, conducts client and staff visits, monitors service quality, maintains client documentation and complaint records, updates physician plans of treatment, and communicates with referring health care teams. Additional duties include supporting campus-wide immunizations and shots, serving as a clinical resource, assisting with staffing new cases, completing required reports and paperwork, auditing equipment, and ensuring care procedures comply with applicable state, Department of Health, and OSHA regulations. The RN also supports Bethany Village’s vision, objectives, procedures, and policies and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

RN license.
CPR certification.
Valid driver's license.

Nice To Haves

Two to four years of home care or supervisory experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist the Administrator and Coordinator with case management and ensure appropriate client activities in the home care setting.
Supervise and assess staff performance and oversee client care in accordance with client, physician, and family needs and regulatory guidelines.
Orient and supervise home care staff and participate in employment decisions affecting staff.
Provide first-level mediation of employee complaints and grievances.
Participate in organizing and implementing new-hire orientation and ongoing staff orientation, education, and in-service training.
Ensure Home Care Aide assignments and reports are completed and communicated to incoming shifts, and assist when necessary.
Supervise and evaluate home care staff for compliance with company policies, laws, regulations, and professional standards.
Complete employee performance evaluations and meet with employees to discuss findings.
Conduct home visits to assess client and family environments and supervisory visits for Personal Care Aides and Home Health Aides; complete follow-up documentation.
Maintain the client complaint log.
Monitor client care quality and appropriateness and document weekly status updates for all clients in their charts.
Initiate and update physician plans of treatment according to home care policy and applicable laws and regulations.
Communicate client condition, goals, and changes in care to the referring health care team.
Assist with campus-wide non-patient-specific immunizations and shots and serve as a clinical resource for home care and campus staff.
Assist the staffing coordinator with staffing new cases.
Meet reporting requirements and complete required paperwork, including infection-control and accident/incident reports.
Ensure Home Care equipment is in proper working condition and perform equipment audits.
Ensure care procedures comply with state, Department of Health, and OSHA regulations and perform random audits as needed.
Support Bethany Village’s vision, objectives, procedures, and policies, and perform other duties as assigned.