What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Care Nurse position at UCHC | Upham's Corner Health Center?
Upham's Home Health Care is seeking Full and Part-Time RNs to provide direct nursing care to Boston residents in their homes. Join our growing program! Flexible schedules. Full orientation provided. Registered Nurse license and car required. Bilingual English / Spanish / Cape Verdean Creole or Vietnamese preferred.Duties :
- Completes initial evaluation visits, including history and physical exam.
- Regularly evaluates the patient's nursing needs.
- Develops nursing care plan and makes necessary revisions.
- Provides health services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills including appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Utilizes other community agencies and resources to provide comprehensive patient care.
- Coordinates additional health services provided to patients.
- Discusses changes in the patients' condition and needs with the physician and other appropriate personnel.
- Supports the patients' family in meeting the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patient.
- Supervises Home Health Aides as required.
- Provides community consultation and health education when appropriate.
- Keeps accurate records of patients' progress.
- Has overall responsibility for maintaining his / her patient records according to the program's protocol.
- Participates in the regular case review meetings.
- Participates in the on-call system.
- Provides statistical data on patients as required by the program.
- Must provide a minimum of 25-30 patient encounters per week for a full-time position.
- Other duties as assigned.QualificationsQUALIFICATIONS :
- Must be a Registered Nurse licensed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- Ability to work with multicultural staff and participants.
- Background in geriatric or adult nursing preferred
- Bi-lingual in English and Cape Verdean Creole is highly desirable. Learn More
