Registered Nurse - Homecare

About This Role

This homecare nursing position involves providing professional care to patients in their homes, focusing on individual needs and continuous evaluation. It suits a nurse who wants to dedicate one-on-one time to patients in a comfortable setting, with a flexible schedule and fewer distractions than a hospital environment.

Responsibilities

• Assure compliance with appropriate physician orders in a timely manner and that visit frequency follows physician orders
• Assure documentation reflects compliance with physician's orders and addresses progression to goals being met at discharge
• Assure that assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patient care follow policy, procedure, and standard of care
• Demonstrate ability to care for a patient and significant other in a holistic manner
• Assure safe patient care is provided
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency in completion of assigned treatments and procedures according to established standards and policies
• Utilize interdisciplinary team and accurately document all activities
• Assure clinical judgments and critical thinking reflect professional standards of care and codes of ethics which provide for safe and effective patient outcomes
• Appropriately document clinical decisions through appropriate system
• Identify appropriate payors and remain in compliance with authorizations for self and other disciplines as necessary
• Meet payor source guidelines
• Maintain visit frequency with authorization range
• Utilize secure messaging to insurance nurse for all authorizations
• Assure documentation of assessment, interventions and planning meet organization timelines
• Complete nursing assessment, medication reconciliation and collaborate with physician on Plan of Care
• Update care plan within two week period of change in patient status
• Implement specific teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care
• Assure documentation reflects appropriate teaching strategies in the medical chart that are consistent with goals and plans
• Report patient care problems to manager or appropriate nursing management personnel and/or physician in a timely manner with possible solutions
• Assure documentation indicates case communication
• Appropriately utilize manager as a resource
• Act as liaison among physician, Manager of Clinical Practice and other members of the health care team to ensure effective coordination and appropriate resource referrals
• Assure that coordination of services is effective and meets client's needs
• Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers of patient care loads, either on a daily basis or whenever vacation days/time-off are scheduled