What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Nurse position at Your Tailor Made Senior Service?
Your Tailor Made Senior Service is seeking Registered Nurses/LVN/LPN with prior OASIS/Medicare Certified Visits preferred for Adult home health assignments in Plano and close surrounding areas.
Responsibilities
To provide quality, comprehensive nursing care in the Patient's home as prescribed by the physician in the plan of care
- Ensures quality and safe delivery of home health care services in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and policies
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements and evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient and caregivers per agency policy and procedure
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care, the patient's response to care and outcomes of care and revises the plan of care as needed
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures following the physician's plan of care
- Documents all communications with the patient, family, physician, CTM, pharmacy, other disciplines, and appropriate others as indicated on communication notes
- Prepares a written plan for the Home Health Aide to follow, if applicable
- Responsible for collaborating with the interdisciplinary team to develop the plan of care for the Patient
- Manage nursing treatments and activities to meet the needs of each individual patient
- Responsible for evaluating utilization of patient services and patient progress
- Review evaluation with the care team, patient, family members, physician, and case manager as needed
- Other duties as assigned
Nurse will have a designated territory of coverage - We specialize in care for Veterans
Requirements:
- Valid RN/LVN/LPN license in Texas
- OASIS/Medicare Certified Visits Experience preferred
- Electronic Charting experience-We use Finale Health
- Developed computer skills
- Minimum of 1 year of recent home health nursing experience
- Driver's License and Vehicle with Current Auto Insurance
- American Heart Association BLS
- Valid U.S. Driver's License
Problem solving skills
Excellent Communication Skills
Positive, Professional attitude
Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation