Home Health Field RN PRN (Westbank)

• Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in Louisiana.
• At least two (2) years’ home health nursing experience, required.
• Acceptance of home health philosophy and goals of this Agency.
• Must be willing to rotate weekend visit on call and holidays on call and have reliable transportation.

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Responsibilities

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• Provides services in accordance with the plan of care.
• Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions.
• Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
• Coordinates services.
• Informs case manager and disciplines of changes in the condition and needs of the patient.
• Counsels the patient and caregivers in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Participates in continuing education and in-service programs.
• Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
• Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition. Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel and home health aides.
• Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her care.
• Participates in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as assigned.
• Gives total patient care as needed.
• Rotation of on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as needed.
• Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames.
• Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codes.

We offer competitive pay, benefits, training program, user friendly EMR, clinical management resources and top safety protocols.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule

Experience

• Home health: 2 years (Required)
• Nursing: 5 years (Required)

License/

Certification

• BLS Certification (Required)
• RN (Required)

Willingness to travel

• 100% (Required)

Work Location: In person