Overview

HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.

Our Mission – To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

Our Shared Vision – Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

Our Values – The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Bonus potential of $2500 per quarter!
• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more
• 401K Retirement Plan (with company match)
• Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement
• Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time
• Paid Orientation and Training
• Home Health locations in 8 states
• Great Place to Work Certified

Responsibilities

The Home Health Visiting Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity to include patient residence and qualifying facilities. The Home Health Visiting Nurse is responsible to communicate the patient’s progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs non-professional home health aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Under the physician’s order, admits patients eligible for home care services within 24-48 hours
• Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients
• Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency Clinical Supervisor and referring physician
• Reports to assigned follow-up Clinician as indicated
• Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems; patient problems and goals
• Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or at recertification
• Completed admission paperwork and patient care plan submitted to Clinical Supervisor per agency policy following the admission including completed and signed admission checklist
• Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching and training activities as outlined in the patient Plan of Care
• Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way
• Reports significant findings to patient’s physician and Clinical Supervisor as they occur
• Submits completed skilled nursing visit notes; communication notes and home health aide supervisory notes per agency policy on designated days as requested by Clinical Supervisor
• Submits change orders per agency policy
• Performs all OASIS time point assessment per Medicare Criteria and submits recertification paperwork per agency policy and procedure
• Mantains open lines of communications to all members of the continuum of care team
• Supervises Home Health Aide and license and documents per Medicare criteria and per agency policy and procedure
• Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new nursing staff as requested
• Attends staff meetings, team conferences and educational in-services per agency requirements
• Participates in Process Improvement (PI) program by assisting with collection of data and serves on PI team upon request
• Participates in discharge planning process Medicare Criteria and agency policy and procedure
• Follows agency policies and procedures
• Performs these and all other duties as assigned by the Administrator
• Able to lift 40 pounds from floor to shoulder
• Repetitive walking, standing, sitting, bending, and use of hands
• Able to drive a car 2-4 hours per day
• Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Current unencumbered State professional Nurse License
• Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
• The ability to make sound professional clinical judgment
• The ability to assess and document patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs
• Proficient clinical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency in personal computer use, including e-mail, clinical, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software

Additional Florida Requirements:

• Active CPR Certification

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• One year of experience as a home care professional nurse and is competent in performing home care comprehensive assessment

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