Home Health Admissions Nurse
Peace and Harmony Homecare LLC
Sharon, Massachusetts
A professional who provides professional nursing services within the scope of nursing practice standards in collaboration with primary care physicians, teaches and educates patients and their families.
Posted Sep 19 · 1 year of experience
- Unit and setting
- Home Health
- License
- RN license Currently, licensed "in good standing” in MА.RN license in good standing in MA
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- RN license in good standing in MA Currently, licensed "in good standing” in MА. Check your license
- Certification
- CPR certification Must have current CPR certification.
- Education
- Graduate of an approved professional nursing program (RN) Graduate of an approved professional nursing program (RN).
- Experience
- Minimum 1 year of professional nurse experience Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a professional nurse, preferably in home care.
- Also asks
- Criminal background check Must have a criminal background check.
- Also asks
- Able to access patient homes that may not be handicap accessible Able to access patient's homes that may not be handicap accessible.
- Also asks
- Able to hear, speak, understand and communicate effectively in English Able to hear, speak, understand and communicate effectively in English.
Preferred
- Experience
- Home care experience
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Furnish services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skills Furnishes those services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skills.
- Day to day
- Initiate preventative and rehab nursing procedures Initiates appropriate preventative and rehab nursing procedures.
- Day to day
- Prepare and submit clinical and progress notes Prepares & submits timely, clinical and progress notes.
- Day to day
- Oversee coordination of patient services Oversees coordination of patient services.
- Day to day
- Inform physician and staff of changes in patient situation or needs Informs MD and other staff of changes in PT situation or needs.
- Day to day
- Complete medical history, home safety checks, and environmental assessments Completes medical history/home safety check/environmental assessments.
- Day to day
- Perform socio-psychological evaluations Performs socio-psychological evaluation.
- Day to day
- Perform assessment visits and complete documentation such as OASIS and skilled nursing notes
- Day to day
- Perform physical examinations and review of all body systems Performs physical examination and review of all body systems and documents accordingly.
- Day to day
- Develop and revise individualized plans of care for physician approval Develops individualized Plan of Care (POC) to be submitted to the physician for approval and implementation and performs necessary revisions based upon patient needs.
- Day to day
- Determine medical necessity for other services Determines medical necessity for other services.
- Day to day
- Regularly re-evaluate patient nursing needs Regularly re-evaluates the patient's nursing needs.
- Day to day
- Evaluate ADL and iADL abilities and determine home health aide needs Evaluates the patient's ADL and iADL abilities and need for home health aide.
- Day to day
- Develop and implement HHA plan of care Develops and implements the HHA plan of care when HHA services are ordered.
- Day to day
- Revise and sign care plan at start of each certification period and supervise HHAs
- Day to day
- Order other appropriate professional services Orders "other" professional services that may be appropriate to the needs.
- Day to day
- Review billing processes and coverage limitations with patient and family Reviews billing processes with patient and/or family advising patient and/or family when co-pay or Medicare is not likely to pay for services.
- Day to day
- Communicate plan of care changes with patient and family Effectively communicates ongoing with patient and family progression/changes in POC.
- Day to day
- Communicate with supervisor, nursing director, and other disciplines Effectively communicates with Supervisor/Nursing Director/other disciplines in the case.
- Day to day
- Communicate with patient's MD regarding treatment or rehabilitative therapy modalities Communication with the patient's MD (verbally and/or in writing) to obtain effective treatment modalities and/or rehabilitative therapy modalities.
- Day to day
- Participate in case conferencing sessions Actively communicates in the case conferencing sessions to establish best practices.
- Day to day
- Submit visit re-authorization requests to payers Submits requests for re-authorization of "more visits needed" to payers timely.
- Day to day
- Coordinate community services for safe home care Coordinates Community Services for the patient to assist in safe home care needs.
- Day to day
- Participate in Performance Improvement Committee process Participates in the Performance Improvement Committee process.
- Travel
- Travel to patient residences and meetings Travel to patient residences/meetings; will require transportation to get to various work sites
- Details
- Patient care performed indoors in patient residences Indoors, performing patient care/tasks in the patient's residence
- Details
- Possible exposure to communicable diseases Possible exposure to communicable diseases
- Details
- Operation of vehicle, possible transfer/lifting devices, and medical supplies Vehicle to do routine patient visits, possible transfer/lifting devices, medical supplies
- Details
- Lifting/transferring 150 lbs or greater
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
On your path
Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.
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A professional who provides professional nursing services within the scope of nursing practice standards in collaboration with primary care physicians, teaches and educates patients and their families. Professional skilled nursing is performed under the supervision of the Administrator/Director of Clinical Services..
Qualifications
Graduate of an approved professional nursing program (RN).
Currently, licensed "in good standing” in MА.
Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a professional nurse, preferably in home care.
Must have a criminal background check.
Must have current CPR certification.
Responsibilities/
Essential Functions
Furnishes those services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skills.
Initiates appropriate preventative and rehab nursing procedures.
Prepares & submits timely, clinical and progress notes.
Oversees coordination of patient services.
Informs MD and other staff of changes in PT situation or needs.
Completes medical history/home safety check/environmental assessments.
Performs socio-psychological evaluation.
Performs assessment visit and documents timely. (ie. OASIS/ Skilled Nursing Note etc.). Performs physical examination and review of all body systems and documents accordingly.
Develops individualized Plan of Care (POC) to be submitted to the physician for approval and implementation and performs necessary revisions based upon patient needs.
Determines medical necessity for other services.
Regularly re-evaluates the patient's nursing needs.
Evaluates the patient's ADL and iADL abilities and need for home health aide.
Develops and implements the HHA plan of care when HHA services are ordered.
Revises and signs this care plan the beginning of each certification period. Supervises HHA in accordance with state/federal requirements and documents the supervision.
Orders "other" professional services that may be appropriate to the needs.
Reviews billing processes with patient and/or family advising patient and/or family when co-pay or Medicare is not likely to pay for services.
Effectively communicates ongoing with patient and family progression/changes in POC.
Effectively communicates with Supervisor/Nursing Director/other disciplines in the case.
Communication with the patient's MD (verbally and/or in writing) to obtain effective treatment modalities and/or rehabilitative therapy modalities.
Actively communicates in the case conferencing sessions to establish best practices.
Submits requests for re-authorization of "more visits needed" to payers timely.
Coordinates Community Services for the patient to assist in safe home care needs.
Participates in the Performance Improvement Committee process.
Performs timely clinical record reviews (CRR) per Agency policy in collaboration with the Nursing Supervisor.
Participates in ongoing staff meetings/in-services.
Participates in the growth of office by being a willing preceptor for same discipline employees.
Participates in the planning, operation and evaluation of the nursing services of the organization.
Maintains professional licensure per state requirements.
Notifies the Agency of emergencies, sickness, and other imminent occurrences that may affect the patient caseload as quickly as possible relative to the event's occurrence.
Submits written time requests 2 weeks or more in advance of planned time off.
Other duties as assigned.
Special equipment to be operated
Vehicle to do routine patient visits, possible transfer/lifting devices, medical supplies
Work Environment
Indoors, performing patient care/tasks in the patient's residence
Travel to patient residences/meetings; will require transportation to get to various work sites
Possible exposure to communicable diseases
Functional Abilities
Able to access patient's homes that may not be handicap accessible.
Able to hear, speak, understand and communicate effectively in English.
Physical
Requirements
On a daily basis: walking, standing, sitting, reaching, use of telephone, use of computers & other office equipment, lifting/transferring 150 lbs or greater, bending, stooping, climbing stairs.
What's around it?
Sharon, MA
Living costs about 6% above the US average