What are the responsibilities and job description for the Long-Term Acute Care Registered Nurse position at Apex Home Health, Hospice & Home Care?
PRN LTAC RN (Per Diem)
Provide evidence-based nursing care for medically complex patients in long-term acute care settings. Assess, monitor, and respond to changes in patients’ conditions while delivering medications and complex therapies.
Provide evidence-based nursing care for medically complex patients in long-term acute care settings. Assess, monitor, and respond to changes in patients’ conditions while delivering medications and complex therapies.
- Manage and monitor ventilators and other advanced life-support needs
- Provide care for advanced wounds and related treatment plans
- Administer medications and complex therapeutic interventions safely
- Document patient status and care accurately and timely
- Follow LTAC standards and infection control protocols
- Collaborate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to coordinate care
- Deliver compassionate care with a focus on patient safety and clinical best practices
- Current RN licensure
- Experience or strong competency in critical care and long-term acute care nursing
- Proficiency with ventilator management and high-acuity monitoring
- Ability to handle advanced wound care and complex medication/therapy regimens
- Strong clinical judgment, documentation skills, and adherence to safety/infection control requirements
- Effective communication and teamwork with multidisciplinary staff