Private Duty Home Health Nurse

Job Title: RN

Location: Palm Coast, FL

Overall objective/purpose statement: Under the supervision of the Agency Administrator, this position is responsible for planning and managing all aspects of client care including intake, start of care and ongoing service needs. Responsible for creating and maintaining accurate care plans for all clients and ensuring that Home Health Aides are in compliance with care plan directives. Provides initial client assessment, and periodic reassessment to ensure appropriate level of care is assigned.

Essential Job Duties:

• Assesses client needs and develops a care plan for each assigned client by identifying appropriate level of care, setting schedules and routines; coordinating services provided.

• Supervises and instructs Home Health Aides on how to execute the care plan, ensuring comprehension of unique care needs of their assigned clients.

• Performs assessments according to company protocol on a weekly or as-needed basis for each assigned client. Reviews client’s care plan for accuracy and safety, updating with new information or change of condition, communicating changes to staff.

• Completes “rounds” to client homes on a regular basis to observe, instruct, or assist Home Health Aides, assess clients, and ensure all necessary equipment and supplies are available.

• Collects and reviews case documentation to ensure that all records are completed accurately. Reviews care tasks assigned to each caregiving shift through scheduling software to ensure tasks are completed as assigned.

• Evaluates each Home Health Aide’s compliance with care plan for their assigned clients and identifies individual, or groups of Home Health Aides to receive additional training as needed.

• Attends all scheduled doctor visits for assigned clients; visits clients admitted to emergency department, hospital, or rehab facility, assisting family members in coordinating discharge and care.

• Ensures medications are arranged by responsible party, communicates changes in medication schedule to Home Health Aides.

• Performs new client intake, meeting with client and responsible parties to determine care needs. Reviewing records and performing intake interview; conducting orientations, explaining services offered to the client and family members.

• Completes company intake forms. Collects all relevant client data including demographics, medical conditions, family and responsible party information, home and safety information, and preferences, documenting information in systems according to company protocol.

• Responsible for maintaining the accuracy of digital records by inputting and updating client demographic and medical information, home safety assessments, tracking hospital admissions and release date, assigning tasks to the appropriate shift, producing ADL reports as needed.

• Participates in the training and ongoing compliance of Home Health Aides by administering and evaluating written and practical testing of new Home Health Aides. Facilitates in-person Annual Training classes on a regular basis.

• Cooperates with all members of the Client Care Team by communicating new information effectively; reviewing ongoing cases; implementing recommended changes.

• Attends team meetings and all staff meetings providing status updates and communicating unresolved issues.

• Records information on each event and prepares detailed communication on all activities occurring during the shift; shares information with the Client Care and Administrative Teams according to company protocol.

• Upholds company policies by responding to questions, reinforcing procedure, resolving work-related problems. Observed deficiencies or breaches of policy must be documented and corrected or referred to HR for follow-up.

• Participates in new hire 90-day retention plan by contacting employees on assigned dates and ensuring steps are completed

• Responsible for inputting and completing Clearcare shifts for all office time, client visits, and on-call shifts.

• Assists in covering the on-call Client Care Manager phone line.

• Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.

• Takes on additional special projects as directed by the Administrator.

Requirements:

• Current state registered nursing license.

• One year of supervision as an RN required, experience in the field of long-term care preferred.

• Certification in home health care related specialty preferred.

• Current Health Care Provider CPR card.

• Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.

• Computer skills preferred; documentation skills; analyzing information; decision-making; research skills; people skills; integrity; excellent communication skills and excellent professional reputation in the local community.

Relationships: Reports to and is supervised by the Administrator. This position participates in the supervision and management of Home Health Aides.