Description

Summary:

Broward Children’s Center (BCC) is searching for a reliable and compassionate RN home care nurse to join our team. We provide care, support and compassion for our clients; becoming, a valued part of their support system. We get to provide continuity of care for our patients, and make a difference in their lives.

The home health nurse’s responsibilities include performing patient visits and monitoring their conditions, conducting tests, and writing reports for the physician. You should be able to address all the caregivers’ concerns and make appropriate adjustments to the patients’ in-home management plan.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Nursing diploma from two or four-year College or University; or one to two years related experience and/or training
• Home Health Agency experience
• Valid Florida Driver's License
• Valid Florida RN License
• Valid First Aid/CPR/AED Certification
• APD Training courses

Qualifications

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide care for assigned home health patients
• Nursing assessment:
  • initial head to toe, vital signs and ongoing monitoring of patients
• Activities of daily living:
  • bathing, toileting, diapering, lifting, and transferring
• Nutritional support:
• feedings by mouth, gastrostomy tube, naso-gastric tube, and maintenance of aspiration precautions
• Respiratory treatments:
  • administration of aerosolized nebulizer treatment, chest physiotherapy, oral/nasal/tracheal suctioning, pulse oximetry, oxygen therapy, ventilator management, cleaning and maintenance of respiratory supplies
• Safety measures:
  • maintenance of universal, fall and seizure precautions
• Growth and development enhancement:
  • provide client with verbal, visual and tactile stimulation, range of motion exercises, splint or physical therapies
• Administration of medication, and documentation of all activities and assessment findings
• Assure that progress reports are made to the office personnel and/or physician for patients under medical care when there are changes in the patient's condition or there are deviations from the Plan of Care
• Retain overall responsibility for the care given to each patient

Physical demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to walk and sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 35 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.