What are the responsibilities and job description for the Long-Term Acute Care RN position at Northshore Home Health Care?
Role: PRN LTAC RN providing high-acuity, evidence-based nursing care in long-term acute care settings.
Key Duties
Key Duties
- Manage complex, medically fragile patients using critical thinking and clinical judgment.
- Perform comprehensive patient assessments and monitor condition changes.
- Administer medications and provide safe, appropriate nursing interventions.
- Coordinate and communicate with an interdisciplinary care team.
- Support safe discharges by planning and facilitating continuity of care.
- Maintain accurate, timely documentation and reporting.
- Follow infection control protocols and comply with quality standards.
- Active RN license with the ability to deliver complex inpatient care.
- Strong assessment skills, medication administration competence, and attention to safety.
- Ability to respond effectively to rapid clinical changes.
- Strong communication, teamwork, and documentation skills.
- Commitment to infection prevention, quality improvement, respect, and integrity.