Registered Nurse for Home Care Agency
Carrollton, Texas
RN
Posted Sep 9 · Not open to new grads
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Full Time
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Texas is $35/hr, across 709 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Are you a compassionate and dedicated Registered Nurse looking for a fulfilling opportunity in the Dallas area? Overture Home Care is currently seeking a dynamic and skilled RN to join our team full time. We assist seniors in and around the Dallas area, and specialize in Alzheimer's / Dementia care, hospice, and general geriatric care. As a vital member of our healthcare family, you will play a crucial role in providing top-notch care to seniors of diverse needs throughout the Dallas area.
At Overture Home Care, our commitment to the well-being of seniors is encapsulated in our guiding principles: Dignity, Discretion, and Patience. These tenets form the cornerstone of our approach to caregiving, reflecting our unwavering dedication to providing the highest quality of life for our senior clients.
Responsibilities and Duties
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- Performing basic nursing procedures, including, but not limited to administration of medications and fluids, and all other nursing procedures applicable to the area of assignment and/or type of patients to which assignment is accepted.
- Training caregiving staff on RN delegated care needed
- Assess the patient's needs, develop, and implement an effective individualized plan of care/plan of treatment.
- Observe, report and document any change in patient's condition, giving significant observations, nursing intervention and action following nursing procedure.
- Complete required reports and client assessments as directed.
Requirements
- Must have a full, active license as a Registered Nurse.
- Minimum of two years related work experience in a geriatric healthcare setting required.
- Flexibility as needed when it comes to assessments and scheduling trainings
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Demonstrates initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability and flexibility
- Clinical
skills
documentation of care, medication administration, infection control precautions, assessing patient educational needs, physical assessment, obtaining vital signs, care coordination.
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Requirements
- Must have a full, active license as a Registered Nurse.
- Minimum of two years related work experience in a geriatric healthcare setting required.
- Flexibility as needed when it comes to assessments and scheduling trainings
- Demonstrates effective verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Demonstrates initiative, problem solving ability, adaptability and flexibility
- Clinical skills:
Place
- City
- Carrollton, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,735/mo
- Local household income
- $101,396/yr
- State price level
- 3% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Texas index 97.1, where 100 is the national average.
Carrollton, Texas sits in the northern Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, offering nurses suburban comfort with quick access to major medical centers. Creekside trails and a revitalized historic downtown give this midsize city a community feel, while DART rail connections make commuting into Dallas straightforward.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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Home Health is a specialty you move into. Agencies want acute time first, then train the home-specific work.
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