Sign on Bonus:

RN: $1500 at 90 days/$1500 at 1 year

LPN: $1000 at 90 days/$1000 at 1 year

Schedule: First Shift/Days with rotating call, holidays and weekends as needed

RN Wage Scale: $30.73-38.43

LPN Wage Scale: $20.96-27.22

This position performs direct patient nursing care to patients of the Home Care department in accordance with hospital and departmental standards. 

• Provides direct nursing care to Home Care clients
• Support the patient’s and family’s unique spiritual and cultural beliefs.
• Acquires knowledge and assesses condition of clients through interview, history, physical, referral source and significant others
• Observes, records, reports any changes in any signs, symptoms and condition of the client
• Assess nursing care and home care aide needs of the client
• Assists the physician in establishing a plan of care for the client
• Assumes responsibility for carrying out the plan of care
• Provides education to the client and caregivers, as appropriate
• Assists in recognition and referral of the client to ancillary services, including local/community resources
• Promotes family well-being and holistic client care
• Participates in interdisciplinary team functions
• Communicates needs for inservice education
• Assists with orientation of new employees
• Assists with infection control problem identification and documentation
• Updates client care plan and progress notes with each visit
• Performs collection of lab specimens
• Supervises home care aides, in-home health providers, Home Care LPN and CDAC providers, as needed
• Assumes responsibility for client admission/discharge and recertification paperwork
• Follows agency direction for completion of comprehensive assessments at required time points including OASIS assessments