Job Description

Now Hiring: Registered Nurse - Home Health
Full Time and Fee For Service (FFS)
Service Areas: Manhattan, downtown Brooklyn, or Queens
Girling Home Care of NY is looking for experienced and reliable Registered Nurses to conduct home visits. The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience. The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS/RESPONSIBILITIES
• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.

Nurse Requirements:
• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; ADN or BSN
• Homecare experience is strongly preferred
• Must have current NYS license and registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State
• Must have a vehicle to travel to patients
• Bi-Lingual preferred (but, not a requirement)

Salary Range: $80 - $110* per visit
*Please note visit rates may vary depending on location, type of visit, and population.