HomeCare RN (Registered Nurse)
Southington, Connecticut
As part of a person-centered care model, this role will provide skilled nursing care to clients in home and community-based settings ensuring the delivery of outcome based, high quality, cost-effective care.
- Unit and setting
- Home Health
- License
- RN license Licensure: Registered nurse with a license to practice in the state of CTRegistered Nurse license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- License
- Registered Nurse license Licensure: Registered nurse with a license to practice in the state of CT Check your license
- Education
- Associate's Degree or diploma program in nursing Education: Graduate of an Associate’s Degree or diploma program in nursing
- Experience
- one year nursing experience or one year nursing experience in a specialty Experience: One year nursing experience or one year nursing experience in a specialty
Preferred
- Education
- Graduate of NLN approved BSN program Education: Graduate of NLN approved BSN program
- Experience
- Medical/surgery or home care experience Experience: Medical/surgery or home care experience
The role and schedule
- Care model
- person-centered care model Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our colleagues to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing integrated support to the patient.
- Day to day
- provide skilled nursing care to clients in home and community-based settings
- Day to day
- collaborate with all team members to achieve exceptional outcomes This role will collaborate with all team members to achieve exceptional outcomes.
- Day to day
- maintain client records utilizing documentation standards Maintains a client record utilizing the Agency’s standard for documentation.
- Day to day
- conduct follow-up visits to provide skilled care, assess disease progress, evaluate response to treatment, support patient/family, and coordinate care with providers
- Day to day
- carry out the plan of care Carries out the plan of care.
- Day to day
- teach patients and reinforce client and caregiver education Teaches patients and reinforces client/caregiver teaching and education.
- Day to day
- refer, collaborate, and coordinate client care services and consult with physicians
- Day to day
- communicate and conference with Nurse Care Coordinator and care team Communicates/conferences with Nurse Care Coordinator and all involved in the patient’s care.
- Day to day
- direct LPNs and Home Care Aides in carrying out and supervising the plan of care
- Day to day
- refer client and family to community resources as needed Refers client/family to other community resources as needed.
- Day to day
- attend and participate in in-service education programs Attends and participates in in-service education program.
The workplace
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Location Detail: 81 Meriden Ave Bradley Memoria (10003)
Hartford HealthCare at Home, the largest provider of homecare services in Connecticut, has been fulfilling our mission for more than 115 years. Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our colleagues to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing integrated support to the patient. As part of Hartford HealthCare, we leverage cutting edge technology to provide quality care in our client’s home. Most importantly, our colleagues are appreciated for the real differences they make in both the lives of their clients and their clients’ families.
As part of a person-centered care model, this role will provide skilled nursing care to clients in home and community-based settings ensuring the delivery of outcome based, high quality, cost-effective care. This role will collaborate with all team members to achieve exceptional outcomes.
Maintains a client record utilizing the Agency’s standard for documentation.
Makes follow-up visit to provide skilled care to assess disease progress and evaluates response to treatment; provides support to patient/family utilizing teaching principles to promote and restore health and prevent disease and disability; coordinates care with providers.
Carries out the plan of care.
Teaches patients and reinforces client/caregiver teaching and education.
Refers, collaborates, and coordinates all client care services. Consults with physician regarding client needs and plan of care.
Communicates/conferences with Nurse Care Coordinator and all involved in the patient’s care.
Directs LPNs in carrying out the established plan of care. Directs Home Care Aides and supervises plan of care.
Refers client/family to other community resources as needed.
Attends and participates in in-service education program.
Qualifications
Education
Graduate of an Associate’s Degree or diploma program in nursing
Experience
One year nursing experience or one year nursing experience in a specialty
Licensure
Registered nurse with a license to practice in the state of CT
Preferred
Education
Graduate of NLN approved BSN program
Experience
Medical/surgery or home care experience
What's around it?
Southington, CT
Living costs about 4% above the US average