Care First, a growing home health services provider, locally owned and operated in Baton Rouge is hiring for a Registered Nurse (RN) to provide best in class care to patients in their homes! If you’re a Registered Nurse looking to work on a team with a great culture, opportunities for growth and career advancement, and a flexible schedule – you don’t want to miss this opportunity!

Position Highlights:

• Company Culture: you will be interacting with a fantastic team that values its employees and constantly works to provide a positive environment
• Care First Mindset: company has a strong emphasis on providing excellent and quality care to its patients
• Flexible Scheduling: flexible scheduling to fit your lifestyle
• Competitive Salary and Benefits: competitive salary and benefits eligibility available for this position

What you will do:

• Provide comprehensive care and skilled nursing to patients in their home.
• Conduct assessments and under the guidance of the supervising physician, develop plans of cares for patients, utilizing nursing skills and techniques to provide ongoing and quality care to the patient.
• Deliver case management and follow up skilled nursing visits with each patient assigned.
• Engage family members and caregivers, maintaining communication about the care plan, providing training and education to ensure consistency with care.
• Assess medications to identify possible ineffective therapy or adverse reactions, side effects, drug allergies, or contraindicated medications.
• Provide ongoing communication with other members of the patents’ multidisciplinary team, including Home Health Aides, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and other external healthcare providers.
• Maintain thorough and accurate documentation on electronic medical records, ensuring seamless course of care and compliance with all regulatory requirements.
• Other duties as assigned

What you will need:

• Valid RN license in state of Louisiana
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance and reliable vehicle
• Minimum one year of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse (RN)
• Current CPR certification
• Strong attention to detail, time management and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated timely, consistent job attendance history
• Must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to patient quality as a top priority
• Flexible and proactive to meet varied patient needs
• Self-motivated and able to work autonomously to ensure completion of tasks
• Able to collaborate with other healthcare professionals

Care First provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $30.00 - $40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Home Health

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Supplemental schedule:

• Holidays
• On call

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• RN (Required)

Work Location: In person