RN Home Health Visiting Nurse

<b>Overview</b><br><p>HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.</p><p> </p><p><b>Our Mission</b> – To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.</p><p> </p><p><b>Our Shared Vision</b> – Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.</p><p> </p><p><b>Our Values</b> – The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.</p><p> </p><p><b>Why You Should Want to Work with Us</b></p><ul><li>Bonus potential of $2500+ per quarter!</li><li>Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more</li><li>401K Retirement Plan (with company match)</li><li>Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement</li><li>Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time</li><li>Paid Orientation and Training</li><li>Home Health locations in 8 states</li><li>Great Place to Work Certified</li></ul><br><b>Responsibilities</b><br><p>The Home Health Visiting Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity to include patient residence and qualifying facilities. The Home Health Visiting Nurse is responsible to communicate the patient’s progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs non-professional home health aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient.</p><p><br><b>Essential Duties & Responsibilities:</b></p><ul><li>Under the physician’s order, admits patients eligible for home care services within 24-48 hours</li><li>Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients</li><li>Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency Clinical Supervisor and referring physician</li><li>Reports to assigned follow-up Clinician as indicated</li><li>Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems; patient problems and goals</li><li>Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or at recertification</li><li>Completed admission paperwork and patient care plan submitted to Clinical Supervisor per agency policy following the admission including completed and signed admission checklist</li><li>Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching and training activities as outlined in the patient Plan of Care</li><li>Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way</li><li>Reports significant findings to patient’s physician and Clinical Supervisor as they occur</li><li>Submits completed skilled nursing visit notes; communication notes and home health aide supervisory notes per agency policy on designated days as requested by Clinical Supervisor</li><li>Submits change orders per agency policy</li><li>Performs all OASIS time point assessment per Medicare Criteria and submits recertification paperwork per agency policy and procedure</li><li>Mantains open lines of communications to all members of the continuum of care team</li><li>Supervises Home Health Aide and license and documents per Medicare criteria and per agency policy and procedure</li><li>Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new nursing staff as requested</li><li>Attends staff meetings, team conferences and educational in-services per agency requirements</li><li>Participates in Process Improvement (PI) program by assisting with collection of data and serves on PI team upon request</li><li>Participates in discharge planning process Medicare Criteria and agency policy and procedure</li><li>Follows agency policies and procedures</li><li>Performs these and all other duties as assigned by the Administrator</li><li>Able to lift 40 pounds from floor to shoulder</li><li>Repetitive walking, standing, sitting, bending, and use of hands</li><li>Able to drive a car 2-4 hours per day</li><li>Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care</li><li>Other duties as assigned</li></ul><br><b>Qualifications</b><br><p><b>Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience</b></p><ul><li>Current unencumbered State professional Nurse License</li><li>Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record</li><li>The ability to make sound professional clinical judgment</li><li>The ability to assess and document patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs</li><li>Proficient clinical skills</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li><li>Proficiency in personal computer use, including e-mail, clinical, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software</li></ul><p><b>Additional Florida Requirements:</b></p><ul><li>Active CPR Certification</li></ul><p><b>Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience</b></p><ul><li>One year of experience as a home care professional nurse and is competent in performing home care comprehensive assessment</li></ul><br><b>Pay Transparency</b> <br>Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related considerations.<br><b>Notice</b><br><p>HarmonyCares and HarmonyCares Hospice are not affiliated with Harmony Hospice Care. HarmonyCares Hospice does not conduct business in OH. HarmonyCares Hospice conducts business in MI, VA, WI, TX, IN, IL.</p>