Registered Nurse PRN-RN Home Health
Company: Pinnacle Home Care
Location: Belle Glade
Posted on: October 7, 2024
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Job Description:
Summary: Seeking a registered nurse to provide high-quality home
care services to patients in their homes, with a focus on community
health education and experience.
At Pinnacle Home Care, we're a team of dedicated professionals
driven by a singular mission: Changing Lives Through the Art of the
Experience. Our priority is to cultivate a positive workplace
atmosphere where every employee feels valued, supported, and
energized in their role.
We're seeking a compassionate and skilled registered nurse to join
our team of home healthcare providers. The ideal candidate will be
committed to providing quality care to patients in their homes,
with a focus on community health education and experience.
Benefits Include:
--- Flexible Scheduling
--- Professional Growth Opportunities
--- Paid Mileage
--- Live QA - To Assist with OASIS Documentation
--- Employee Referral Program
--- Daily Pay (Work today. Get paid tomorrow)
Job Description:
The registered nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care
services, with a focus on community health education and
experience. The professional nurse guilds from the resources of the
community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of
individuals and families within their homes and communities.
Essential Job Functions/Responsibilities:
--- Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to
determine home care needs.
--- Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current
and previous illness(es).
--- Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
--- Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as a
patient's status and needs change.
--- Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
--- Develops a care plan, which established goals based on nursing
diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventative, and
rehabilitative nursing actions.
--- Includes the patient and the family in the planning
process.
--- Initiates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing
procedures.
--- Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the
physician.
--- Provides direct patient care as defined in the State Nurse
Practice Act.
--- Counsel the patient and family in meeting nursing and related
needs.
--- Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate
per assessment and plan of care.
--- Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan
development and implements before discharge of the patient.
--- Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and
assumes responsibility for coordinating patient care for assigned
caseload.
--- Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when
necessary and at least every 60 days.
--- Communicates with the physician regarding the patient's needs
and reports any changes in the patient's condition;
obtains/receives physician orders as required.
--- Communicates with community health-related persons to
coordinate the care plan.
--- Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call
policy.
--- Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary
items and services are available.
--- Instructs, supervises, and evaluates home health aide care
provided every two weeks.
Position Qualifications:
--- Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills,
problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per
competency checklist.
--- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
--- One to two years of recent acute care experience in an
institutional setting. Home health care experience preferred.
--- Current licensure in state and CPR certification.
--- Management experience not required. Responsible for supervising
LPNs and home health aides.
--- Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift,
position or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment.
Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, or crouching.
Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.
--- Licensed driver with automobile that is in good working order
and insured in accordance with the organization requirements.
Keywords: Pinnacle Home Care, Fort Lauderdale , Registered Nurse PRN-RN Home Health, Healthcare , Belle Glade, Florida
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