Community Health Nurse - RN - Home Services (Hiring Immediately)

Interested in a career with both meaning and growth? Whether your abilities are in direct patient care or one of the many other areas of healthcare administration and support, everyone at Parkland works together to fulfill our mission : the health and well-being of individuals and communities entrusted to our care. By joining Parkland, you become part of a diverse healthcare legacy thats served our community for more than 125 years. Put your skills to work with us, seek opportunities to learn and join a talented team where patient care is more than a job. Its our passion.

Primary Purpose

Nurse Home Visitors provide high-quality nursing care to patients in their homes. The Registered Nurse (RN) is a licensed professional who uses the Parkland nursing professional practice model to coordinate patient care delivery, which focuses on a particular patient population(s) / specific health condition, by the health care team. Using the nursing process, the RN assesses the patient, identifies nursing diagnoses based on responses to health problems, develops and implements an individualized plan of care, and evaluates the patient's response. The RN utilizes knowledge of patient needs and the healthcare environment to assist patients in transitioning through the healthcare encounter without any preventable complications or delays. The RN delegates interventions to healthcare personnel based on the Texas Nursing Practice Act, each patient's condition, and the competencies of the employee.

Minimum Specifications

Education

• Must have a bachelor's degree in nursing from an accredited professional school of nursing.

Experience

Certification / Registration / Licensure

Skills or Special Abilities

Responsibilities

1. Responsible for providing comprehensive community health nursing services to women and their families. The NHV is responsible for maintaining highest standards in clinical nursing practice and adherence to the program model, policies, procedures, and guidelines of Parkland Health.

2. Develops and maintains community relationships to support client referrals. Conducts community outreach of potential program patients.

3. Develops patient plan of care and communicates plan of care to patients and their families. Ensures implementation of plans to maximize quality and continuity of patient care.

4. Collaborates with all multidisciplinary team members to maximize patient health care outcomes. Consults and collaborates with the Nurse Manager and the team during case conferences in the interest of providing optimal patient care.

5. Depending on department, may complete nursing assessment of an antepartum, postpartum, postnatal, newborn, infant, and toddler.

6. Monitors the patients progress and intervenes as necessary to ensure that the plan of care and services provided are patient focused,

7. Facilitates prenatal and / or postpartum depression screening with patients and makes referrals for ongoing services as appropriate.

8. Maintains a positive relationship with healthcare providers, community partners, patients and their families to ensure optimum care is provided.

9. Completes nursing documentation in accordance with model guidance and Parkland Health policy and procedures.

10. Cooperates in review and analysis of documentation and data for achievements and areas of improvement.

11. Engages in special projects and serves on committees, as assigned.

12. Will be required to visit varying patient home environments.