Weekend Home Health / Hospice RN (Friday, Saturday and Sunday Available)
The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs home health care and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individual and families within their homes and communities.
Responsibilities:
· Completes an initial, comprehensive and ongoing assessments of patient and family to determine home health needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illnesses.
· Develops a care plan that establishes goals, based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates palliative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
· Regularly re-evaluating patient and family/caregiver needs.
· Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
· Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician in the physician’s plan of care.
· Teaches the patient and family/caregiver self-care techniques as appropriate. Provides medication, diet and other instructions as ordered by the physician and recognizes and utilizes opportunities for health counseling with patients and families/caregivers. Works in concert with the interdisciplinary group.
· Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
· Works in cooperation with the family/caregiver and hospice Interdisciplinary Group Members to meet the emotional needs of the patient and family/caregiver.
Qualifications:
· Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.
· Prior Home Health nursing is preferred but not required.
· Demonstrates excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communications, nursing skills per competency checklist.
· Shows ability to organize and prioritize workload independently.
· Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.
· Self-directed and able to work with minimal supervision.
At River Valley Home Health and Hospice we believe that caring for the elderly or frail is the noblest of professions. Our team is trained and motivated to deliver superior clinical outcomes and high patient and family satisfaction. It is through our team’s dedication to deliver life changing service that we become the “provider of choice” in the community that we serve. A career with River Valley Home Health and Hospice requires a commitment to making work fun and celebrating successes; delivering and holding each other to the highest standards of care and professionalism; continual learning; treating others as people whose interest matter as much as our own; being innovative while using good judgment. One other thing about our work culture; we know that in order for our patients to receive the care they deserve; we need to put our employees first.
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