Registered Nurse
A Caring Touch Home Health Service
Goodrich, TX
- Eligibility
- RNICU
Posted Jun 19
What the listing says
Role
- Practice
- Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, eClinicalWorks charting
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
- In range for TX ICU roles
TX ICU postings that state pay run $36/hr to $59/hr, the middle half $37/hr to $51/hr, across 93 postings.
About this role
*Job Overview* Join our dynamic healthcare team as a Registered Nurse, where your expertise will make a meaningful difference in patient care across diverse medical settings. In this vital role, you will provide compassionate, high-quality nursing services, perform comprehensive patient assessments, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure optimal health outcomes. Your energy and dedication will help create a supportive environment that promotes healing, safety, and well-being for all patients. This paid position offers an exciting opportunity to grow your skills while making a positive impact in the community.
*Responsibilities*
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- Conduct thorough patient assessments, including vital signs, physical examinations, and medical history reviews using EMR (Electronic Medical Records) and EHR (Electronic Health Records) systems such as Epic and Cerner.
- Administer medications and injections accurately following HIPAA guidelines and aseptic techniques, including IV infusion, venipuncture, and medication administration.
- Perform specialized procedures such as suturing, catheterization (including urinary and cardiac), tube feeding, ostomy care, and wound management.
- Monitor patients’ conditions closely in acute care environments like ICU, PICU, or emergency rooms; manage airway devices such as ventilators; and respond swiftly to critical situations including trauma or acute pain episodes.
- Collaborate with physicians and other healthcare professionals to develop and implement individualized care plans aligned with NCQA standards and ICD coding requirements like ICD-10 and ICD-9.
- Educate patients and their families on health coaching, discharge planning, medication management, and chronic disease care such as geriatrics, dementia care, or behavioral health needs.
- Ensure compliance with infection control protocols and maintain accurate medical documentation for legal and billing purposes.
*Experience*
- Proven experience working in hospital medicine or acute care settings such as Level I or Level II trauma centers, emergency rooms, or critical care units like ICU or CCU.
- Demonstrated proficiency with EMR/EHR systems including Epic, Cerner, Athenahealth, or eClinicalWorks.
- Prior experience in diverse nursing environments such as medical-surgical units, outpatient clinics, long-term care facilities (including nursing homes and assisted living), home & community care settings, or hospice & palliative medicine.
- Skilled in performing complex procedures including IV insertion, phlebotomy, sterile processing techniques, laboratory specimen collection/processing, and diagnostic evaluations like sonography or mammography.
- Knowledge of infectious disease care protocols along with familiarity with Workers' Compensation law when managing occupational health cases.
- Experience working with individuals with disabilities or developmental delays across various age groups including pediatrics (neonatal to toddler) and geriatrics.
- Strong understanding of physiology knowledge for patient assessment; ability to handle emergency situations such as trauma medicine or urgent care scenarios; proficiency in CPT coding for billing purposes. Join us to be part of a passionate team dedicated to delivering exceptional patient-centered care! Your expertise will help shape healthier lives while advancing your nursing career in a vibrant healthcare environment that values your skills at every step.
Pay: $41.29 - $49.73 per hour
Benefits
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
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Benefits highlights
- 401(k)
- Dental
- Vision
Place
- City
- Goodrich, TX
- Median rent
- $1,390/mo
- Local household income
- $30,938/yr
- State price level
- 3% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Texas index 97.1, where 100 is the national average.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
A Caring Touch Home Health Service is a home health care provider based in Goodrich, TX. The organization emphasizes compassionate, high-quality nursing care and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The position described is a paid role offering opportunities for skill development…
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