RN Home Health Visiting Nurse - HarmonyCares
West Allis, WI 53227
About the Job
HarmonyCares is one of the nation’s largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.
Our Mission – To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.
Our Shared Vision – Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.
Our Values – The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.
Why You Should Want to Work with Us
- Bonus potential of $2500+ per quarter!
- Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more
- 401K Retirement Plan (with company match)
- Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement
- Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time
- Paid Orientation and Training
- Home Health locations in 8 states
- Great Place to Work Certified
The Home Health Visiting Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity to include patient residence and qualifying facilities. The Home Health Visiting Nurse is responsible to communicate the patient’s progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs non-professional home health aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Under the physician’s order, admits patients eligible for home care services within 24-48 hours
- Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients
- Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency Clinical Supervisor and referring physician
- Reports to assigned follow-up Clinician as indicated
- Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems; patient problems and goals
- Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or at recertification
- Completed admission paperwork and patient care plan submitted to Clinical Supervisor per agency policy following the admission including completed and signed admission checklist
- Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching and training activities as outlined in the patient Plan of Care
- Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way
- Reports significant findings to patient’s physician and Clinical Supervisor as they occur
- Submits completed skilled nursing visit notes; communication notes and home health aide supervisory notes per agency policy on designated days as requested by Clinical Supervisor
- Submits change orders per agency policy
- Performs all OASIS time point assessment per Medicare Criteria and submits recertification paperwork per agency policy and procedure
- Mantains open lines of communications to all members of the continuum of care team
- Supervises Home Health Aide and license and documents per Medicare criteria and per agency policy and procedure
- Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new nursing staff as requested
- Attends staff meetings, team conferences and educational in-services per agency requirements
- Participates in Process Improvement (PI) program by assisting with collection of data and serves on PI team upon request
- Participates in discharge planning process Medicare Criteria and agency policy and procedure
- Follows agency policies and procedures
- Performs these and all other duties as assigned by the Administrator
- Able to lift 40 pounds from floor to shoulder
- Repetitive walking, standing, sitting, bending, and use of hands
- Able to drive a car 2-4 hours per day
- Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care
- Other duties as assigned
Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- Current unencumbered State professional Nurse License
- Must maintain a valid driver’s license and good driving record
- The ability to make sound professional clinical judgment
- The ability to assess and document patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs
- Proficient clinical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Proficiency in personal computer use, including e-mail, clinical, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software
Additional Florida Requirements:
- Active CPR Certification
Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience
- One year of experience as a home care professional nurse and is competent in performing home care comprehensive assessment