Overview
The Home Health Registered Nurse (RN) demonstrates proficient skills using Oasis to admit, transfer, recertify, and discharge home health patients in regards to physician orders.
Coordinate and supervise LPN’ s and HHA’s in the delivery of patient care. Maintain compliance with agency policy and procedures.
Follow Medicare and Medicaid regulations.
Responsibilities
- Perform the initial home care patient visit and re-evaluate the patient’s needs and progress on a regular basis.
- Initiate the plan of care under physician’s orders.Perform admission, transfer, re-certification, resumption of care, and discharge Oasis for the home care patient.
- Observe, assess, and document symptoms.
- Monitor reactions and patient progress.
- Educate patients and caregivers on disease processes, medications, plan of care, and individualized treatment plans.
- Educate patients and caregivers on techniques for in the home.
- Coordinate patient services.
- Supervise LPNs and HHA’s.
- Notify the physician and other personnel (DON, PT, Case Manager) of any changes in the patient’s condition.
- Perform skill outline in the agency’s approved Policy and Procedure Manual.
- Discharge the patient from skilled nursing services when the discharge criteria have been met.
- Case conference clinicians providing care to ensure coordination of care.
- Update clinical records according to policy and procedures.
- Update knowledge and skills by attending in-service programs, continuing education programs, seminars, and self-study programs annually.
- Provide onsite supervision of LPN / HHA.
- Adhere to Medicaid and Medicare regulations
Qualifications
Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing.Currently licensed in this Agency's practicing State.Minimum of one year of nursing experience as a RNWork positively and favorably with patients, families, and staff.
Fortis Health and our affiliated companies (Valeo Home Health and Hospice, Select Home Health & Hospice), are an equal employment opportunity agency.
Our policy is to hire and promote for all jobs without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual preference, age, marital status, veteran, or physical or mental disability, or any other protected status under applicable laws, unrelated to ability perform the work required.
Decisions on employment and promotion are based solely upon an individual’s qualifications, with reference to the skills and abilities of the position for which the individual is being considered.
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