The Registered Nurse, is a necessary position to ensure that our clients receive complete, safe, and appropriate services in their home. This position will entail the duties of an RN as we build and hire more staff. The director will manage the hiring and training of staff to ensure that they are maintaining the highest standards of care. As we grow you will transition from patient care to administration.
This position is responsible for the overall health and safety of the client.
The Registered Nurse, is responsible for compliance with the rules and regulations related to his/her duties, the
license, contract, and programmatic rules.
The Registered Nurse, will be required to complete initial and ongoing assessment visits as well as competencies
required by applicable regulations and our company.
Actively participate in the intake and evaluation of potential and active clients needing home healthcare services.
Performs comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring of the client’s condition, health promotion
and prevention, coordination of services, teaching and training activities.
Determine safety of environment that service is to be provided.
Be an advocate for clients needing other community services.
Prepares clinical and progress notes.
Coordinates services with family, physicians, hospitals, specialty organizations and other disciplines providing
information and instruction to facilitate care.
Initiate plan of care and revise as necessary.
Educates the client and/or family regarding disease process, self-care techniques and prevention procedures.
Perform initial assessments, Initiate plan of and review plan of care as required by regulation (making and
requesting changes according to client needs).
Initiates and maintains appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
Prepares clinical and progress notes.
Evaluates the effectiveness and outcome of care.
Supervises LPNs, CMAs, LNAs and paraprofessionals providing services to the client.
Plans for client’s discharge when appropriate.
Participates in in-service programs.
Investigate and document incidents and complaints as reported.
Be on site during any state survey/audit as requested, also be present for exit interview.
Serve as back-up for other nurses.
Provide competency evaluations for new/current employees and actively participate in mentoring new staff
members.
Assist the Director of Nursing, serve as back-up, as necessary.
On-Call, as appropriate.
In conjunction with the Director of Nursing, review complaints, concerns, and incidents and develop an internal
performance improvement plan to prevent future incidents.
Participates in scheduled meetings.
Other duties, as assigned.
Job Types: Per diem, progressing to part-time.
Pay: From $865.00 per week
Benefits:
Medical specialties:
Standard shift:
Weekly schedule:
Experience:
- Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- BLS Certification (Preferred)
- RN (Required)
Work Location: On the road