What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Registered Nurse CHHA position at VISITING NURSE SERVICE AND HOSPICE OF SUFFOLK?
Visiting Nurse Service and Hospice of Suffolk (VNSHS) is an independent not-for-profit healthcare agency that serves patients and their families throughout Suffolk County Long Island with visiting nurse home and hospice services, inpatient Hospice House, rehabilitative therapy, medical social work, home health aide care, nutritional education and diabetic counseling, community programs, and more.
Our mission is:
- To provide health services of the highest quality
- To enable people to function as independently as possible in their homes and communities
- To promote individual, family, and community health
- To maintain a tradition of charitable and compassionate care
- To provide hospice care that supports quality of life for the terminally ill throughout the dying and bereavement period
At VNSHS, we embrace diverse voices and value the seen and unseen qualities that make each person unique. We are committed to the creation of a community based upon full inclusion and equity. Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion learning facilitates opportunities and growth for our employees so that the patients we care for may thrive.
Our work environment includes:
- Quality 1:1 time with patients
- Supportive professional environment
- 1:1 training and orientation period at your pace
- Input on your daily schedule with patients
Some Job Responsibilities:
- Provide skilled services to VNSHS patients.
- Adherence to infection control practices and all agency policies and procedures.
- Communicate and collaborate with the home care physician to maintain physician orders and report patient assessment and clinical course.
- Identification of patient centered goals and an interdisciplinary team approach to meet these goals, with the most efficient use of resource and avoidance of re-hospitalization.
- Develop and revise care plans specific to patient's needs.
- Daily use of OASIS.
- Attend care management meetings and discuss entire case load addressing patient's reason for home care and progress towards patient centered goals.
- Track and document patient progress towards goals and response to interventions.
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Life insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- Short-term Disability
- Company paid long-term disability
- Employee discounts
- Generous paid time off
- Generous paid sick time
- Tuition reimbursement
- 403(b) with up to 5% employer match
- Cell phone reimbursement
