Job Description

A Registered Nurse administers skilled nursing care to patients on an intermittent basis in their place of residence. This is performed in accordance with physician orders and plan of care under the direction and supervision of the Administrator/Alternate Administrator/Supervising Nurse/Alternate Supervising Nurse/Branch Director /Clinical Manager.

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing with active state license as registered nurse, or a multi-state license issued by a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) member state.
2. Current drivers license.
3. Ability to read, write, and comprehend English.
4. Two (2) years’ nursing experience,
5. Acceptance of philosophy and goals of this
6. Ability to exercise initiative and independent

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Provides services in accordance with the plan of
2. Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing
3. Initiates the plan of care and necessary
4. Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing
5. Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing
6. Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
7. Coordinates
8. Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the
9. Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related
10. Participates in and presents inservice
11. Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and
12. Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
13. Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual
14. Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
15. Supervises and teaches other nursing
16. Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her
17. Participates in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as
18. Gives total patient care as
19. Takes on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as
20. Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time
21. Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codes.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT:

Works indoors in Agency office and patient homes and travels to/from patient homes.

JOB RELATIONSHIPS:

1. Supervised by:

Administrator/Alternate Administrator/Supervising Nurse/Alternate Supervising Nurse/Branch Director/Clinical Manager

1. Workers Supervised:

Licensed Practical Nurse, Home Health Aide

RISK EXPOSURE:

High risk

LIFTING REQUIREMENTS:

Ability to perform the following tasks if necessary:

• Ability to participate in physical
• Ability to work for extended period of time while standing and being involved in physical
• Heavy
• Ability to do extensive bending, lifting and standing on a regular