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Work Shift:
8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
0
Salary Range: $32.00 - $48.00
Union Position:
No
Department Details
Sanford Home Health has a team of experienced, dedicated healthcare professionals to help you stay in your home and still receive expert medical care. We are an agency who provides quality outcomes and has an engaged and supportive environment.
Home health services are appropriate for:
-Individuals who have recently been discharged from a hospital or skilled nursing facility and are recuperating, but not fully recovered.
-People who require education about a recently diagnosed illness or medical condition.
-Children born with a condition that requires regular monitoring.
-People with chronic conditions that need frequent monitoring such as diabetes, kidney disease, stroke, or heart and lung disorders.
-Since 1965, we have provided home health services to Sioux Falls, and are proud to continue to offer expert care. Sanford Home Health provides services in, Sioux Falls, SD, Vermillion, SD, Chamberlain, SD, and Luverne, MN.
Sign on bonus available for eligible applicants!
Summary
The Registered Nurse (RN) is responsible for utilizing the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes/planning, implementation and evaluation) to provide professional nursing services to patients/residents at home.
Job Description
The nursing process includes the documentation of human responses to actual or potential health problems in the home health environment. This practice includes dependent, interdependent and independent functions. Collaborates with patient/resident and family, other inter-professional colleagues, such as physicians, to plan, implement and evaluate care. Demonstrates competency and practices within the full scope of nursing expertise/knowledge and utilizes appropriate age and population specific standards as designated in their assigned setting. Cares for patients/residents in all phases of preventative care, health maintenance, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for patients/residents in the home setting. Responsible to implement the nursing process, the coordination and continuum of care, patient/resident assessment, patient/resident education, triage, and various other nursing interventions.
Functions within the scopes and standards of nursing practice as outlined in the Nurse Practice Act and Administrative Rules in state of practice and licensure. The Professional Nursing Practice recognizes the Scope and Standards of Practice and the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements as published by the American Nurses Association as the foundation of nursing care delivery and professional conduct.
Qualifications
Graduate from a nationally accredited nursing program preferred, including, but not limited to, Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), and National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA). Bachelor's degree in nursing preferred.
Minimum of one year of professional nursing experience preferred.
Currently holds an unencumbered RN license with the State Board of Nursing where the practice of nursing is occurring and/or possess multistate licensure if in a Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) state. Obtains and subsequently maintains required department specific competencies and certifications. Depending on location, a valid drivers license may be required. Basic Life Support (BLS) required. Certificate for Outcome and Assessment Information Set (OASIS) Specialist - Clinical (COS-C) preferred.
Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.
If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-673-0854 or send an email to talent@sanfordhealth.org.