RN - Pediatric Home Health - FT Days

Sanford Health•Fargo, ND

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. This role involves one-on-one patient care in the Fargo-Moorhead area, offering full-time hours. Nurses in home care have the opportunity to focus on a single client's needs, administering medical treatments, vent cares, suctioning, G-Tube cares, exercise programs, and providing personal cares. It's a rewarding nursing role where you can make a true difference by providing person-centered care for pediatric clients in their homes. Home care nurses build meaningful relationships and deliver focused care tailored to a single client’s needs. The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for utilizing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide professional nursing services to patients/residents at home. This includes documenting human responses to actual or potential health problems in the home health environment, encompassing dependent, interdependent, and independent functions. The RN collaborates with the patient/resident, family, and other inter-professional colleagues, such as physicians, to plan, implement, and evaluate care. The role requires demonstrating competency and practicing within the full scope of nursing expertise/knowledge, utilizing appropriate age and population-specific standards. Cares for patients/residents in all phases of preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up in the home setting. The RN is responsible for implementing the nursing process, coordinating continuum of care, patient/resident assessment, patient/resident education, triage, and various other nursing interventions. Functions within the scopes and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in the state of practice and licensure, recognizing the Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses as the foundation of nursing care delivery and professional conduct.

Requirements

Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state.
Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications.
Basic Life Support (BLS) required.

Nice To Haves

Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA).
Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
Minimum of one year of professional nursing experience preferred.
Depending on location, a valid drivers license may be required.
Certificate for Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) preferred.

Responsibilities

Administering physician-ordered treatments and medications
Providing respiratory support, including ventilator care and suctioning
G-tube feeding and care
Assisting with personal care and daily living activities
Supporting individualized therapy and exercise programs
Taking clients to school
Utilizing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide professional nursing services to patients/residents at home.
Documenting human responses to actual or potential health problems in the home health environment.
Collaborating with patient/resident and family, and other inter-professional colleagues, such as physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care.
Implementing the nursing process, the coordination and continuum of care, patient/resident assessment, patient/resident education, triage, and various other nursing interventions.