Admissions Nurse - RN - Home Health - FT
Description
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Description
General Summary: Administer nursing care for clients in their place of residence, coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team, clients, and their families, and the referring agency.
Patient Population: Has contact with patients of all ages in a clinical setting; understands and demonstrates appropriate behavior when interacting with patients in all populations.
Essential Functions:
- Complete initial and ongoing assessments to identify the physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs of home health clients. Complete assessments at appropriate time points, including OASIS.
- Regularly re-evaluate the client’s nursing needs and evaluates the outcomes of care. Assists clients in the recovery or maintenance of life functions; prevent illness and relapse of illness.
- Develop, initiate, and revise the Plan of Care (POC) as necessary to ensure quality and continuity of care. Initiates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Plans for discharge of the client from services.
- Provide effective communication to clients, their families, team members, and other health care professionals. Regular participation in Case Conference.
- Apply concepts of infection control and universal precaution in coordination/performing client cares activities to protect both client and staff (OSHA).
- Coordinate services and informs the physician and other personnel of changes in the client’s condition and needs.
- Monitor assigned cases to ensure compliance with requirements of third party payers.
- Complete appropriate documentation in a timely manner to assure compliance with company policy.
- Supervise, teach and provide clinical direction to other nursing personnel (ex. LVN/LPN, HHA, CNA, etc).
- Perform on-call responsibilities and provide on-call services to clients and their families as assigned.
- Demonstrate commitment and professional growth by participating in in-service programs and maintaining/improving competency.
- Meet mandatory continuing education requirements of the agency/licensing board.
This description is a general statement of required essential functions performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.
Supervision: LVN/LPNs and CNAs.