Registered Nurse - Home Health (Hamptons)

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 patient status and needs change.

• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.

• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.

• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.

• Counsels 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 prior to discharge of the patient.

• Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every sixty days.

Nurse

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing; ADN or BSN

• Homecare experience is strongly preferred

• Must have current NYS license and registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State

• Must have a vehicle to travel to patients

• Bi-Lingual preferred (but, not a requirement)