RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides services in accordance with the plan of care.
• Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions.
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• 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.
• Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patient.
• Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Participates in and presents in-service programs.
• Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
• Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition. Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Gives total patient care as needed.
• Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames.

Benefits:

• Working with a growing home care company where staff members are truly appreciated.
• One on One patient care; quality of care is more important than quantity
• Flexible schedules that can help accommodate work/life balance (visits, not shifts)
• We strive to maintain an individual's preferred workload by not overstaffing
• Tailored training for each applicate - we offer one on one training
• Competitive wages
• Avoid the fatigue of long 10 hour shifts
• Independence and Autonomy (So you need to be reliable and self-motivated)