RN - Home Health
Company: CARLE
Location: Peoria
Posted on: April 24, 2024
Job Description:
$7,500 sign-on bonus -for nurses with 1 or more years experience
- External Applicants OnlyTo provide professional nursing care to
assigned clients in support of the client's physician and pursuant
to the objectives and policies of the Home Health Services
Department (HHSD).
- * Ensures quality care for clients of all ages and groups by
providing appropriate documentation, communication and other
follow-up and by using time, supplies and other resources
productively. * Ensures quality and the safe delivery of home
health care services. * Conducts a client assessment as appropriate
and completes visit documentation according to MMCI HHSD
policy/procedure and regulatory bodies' requirements. * Develops,
implements, evaluates and amends a client's Plan of Care (POC) in
cooperation with the physician, client/ caregiver and other health
care members involved in the care. * Implements nursing
interventions to meet the client's needs and changing conditions in
accordance with HHSD policy/ procedures. * Communicates to the
physician changes in the client's condition according to HHSD
policy/procedure. * Communicates with the physician(s),
client/caregiver and other health care professionals involved in
the care of the client per HHSD policy/procedure. * Communicates
the client/caregiver's needs to other staff members as appropriate
when others are assigned to the client's care. * Participates in
client case reports to team members. * Reports to the assigned Home
Health Clinical Manager. * Gives routine primary client reports to
the Clinical Manager which include, but are not limited to,
problems encountered with the client's care, the client's progress
toward goals, client admission to primary caseload. * Respects
client confidentiality in all communications. * Reports and
completes appropriate documentation regarding client occurrences
following HHSD policy/procedure. * Uses time, supplies and other
resources productively to promote responsive and cost-effective
client care. * Observes, performs tests, procedures and initiates
measures to prevent complications or minimize the effects of
disease or injury. * Demonstrates skilled care on an intermittent
basis in compliance with the care described in the Plan of
Treatment (POT). * Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to
provide care appropriate to the age of the individual client. *
Recognizes the need for referral(s) to other disciplines or
resources that might assist with client care. * Sets goals with the
client/caregiver that are realistic, age-specific and accordance
with the Plan of Treatment. * Provides thorough coordination of
care for all clients by communicating and/or documenting
appropriate follow-up with HHSD staff, physicians and other sources
in accordance with HHSD policy/procedure. * Supervises and directs
client care provided by HHSD Home Care Aides (HCA) as well as makes
supervisory visits in the client's home. * Assesses progression of
goals for all disciplines involved in care per HHSD Policy
/Procedures. * Possesses knowledge and skills necessary to obtain
adequate lab specimens for testing. * Performs patient bedside lab
testing and associated quality control in compliance with medical
provider's orders and hospital lab procedures/policies.
- * Ensures that clinical records are complete, legible, accurate
and submitted in a timely manner. * Provides necessary and
appropriate documentation for the following, including, but not
limited to: * Client admission/assessment visit; * Home Health
Certification/Recertification and Plan of Treatment (POT) * Client
Care Plans; * Daily Visit Notes; * Change Orders; * Discharge
Visit/Summaries; * OASIS; * Audit issues; * Occurrence Reports; *
ON-call visit communications; * Follow up communications; *
Provides clinical records that will comply with MMCI HHSD Policies
and Procedures and State and Federal Rules and Regulations and
adheres to the standards of Regulatory agencies. * Submits all
clinical documentation per HHSD policy/procedure.
- * Demonstrates punctuality and flexibility in work schedule to
meet the needs of the client/caregiver and the needs of the
department. * Utilizes time so that client care is maximized. *
Organizes visit schedule so that clients are see
Keywords: CARLE, Peoria , RN - Home Health, Healthcare , Peoria, Illinois
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