Home Care Registered Nurse

Mobile Health Team Inc. a staffing agency has an opening for an RN Home Care. We are looking for someone with a passion for people.

Location: Rutland VT 05701

Assignment Start Date: 3/28/2024

13 weeks Days 8hour shift 40 hours with 37 hours guaranteed weekly

POSITION DUTIES

• Utilizing the nursing process assesses patient/caregiver needs to provide quality care to assigned patients by evidencebased practice State and Federal regulations Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and regulations.
• Develop and communicate a realistic plan of care for each patient following evidencebased practice State and Federal regulations Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and regulations. Ensures that the patient/caregivers are included in the care plan process.
• Serves as Case Manager for assigned patients and actively manages caseloads and visit times following agency productivity standards.
• Effectively fills out and completes OASIS documentation following Agency policies and procedures and State and Federal regulations Demonstrates knowledge of and keeps uptodate on changes to OASIS documentation requirements as needed. Ensures documentation is completed following Agency practice (timeliness.)
• Implements the medical plan of care nursing interventions and procedures as necessary to ensure the safe effective quality of care for patients following evidencebased practice State and Federal regulations Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and regulations.
• Stays uptodate on a variety of HighTech skills; IV use and maintenance wound VAC complex wound care etc. Takes action to ensure that infection control standards are maintained throughout the plan of care.
• Following LPN scope of practice works collaboratively with LPNs to ensure that the plan of care is followed delegates tasks and ensures that patient needs are met. Consistently reviews documentation annotates visit notes and acts on recommendations following department policies and procedures.
• Evaluates a variety of aspects of the implemented plan of care including but not limited to identified problems care provided and patients responses to meet patient/caregiver needs and ensure overall quality of care delivered following evidencebased practice State and Federal regulations Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and regulations.
• Maintains uptodate and accurate documentation of nursing care provided to ensure the effective integration of information for use by the health care team to ensure ongoing and continued quality of care following evidencebased practice State and Federal regulations Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and regulations.
• Follows agency protocol with McKesson processes including but not limited to lockingdown visits followup notes visit completion etc.
• Performs patient and caregiver education to ensure informed patient decisions can be made including but not limited to medication side effects treatment options discharge instructions reportable conditions ranges of services etc. following State and Federal regulations Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and procedures.
• Appropriately identifies interdisciplinary needs of the patient and documents patient needs accordingly including but not limited to physical therapy social work etc. Takes action to communicate documented information to other disciplines promptly.
• Accurately and fill out a variety of Agency State and Federal forms including but not limited to HHABN Medicare Notice of NonCoverage etc. on time. Takes action to ensure that forms are readily available during visits to facilitate timely completion.
• Carries out visits in a timeeffective manner. Takes action to ensure that supervisory visits are not combined with routine visits whenever necessary. Takes action to communicate information to the Scheduler on time.
• Assesses patients needs for HCA services develops and coordinates POC with patient/caregiver and provides ongoing supervision following State and Federal regulations.
• As necessary transmit patient incident reports (infections injuries etc) to QI specialists on time.
• Coordinates safe patient discharges and/or transfers (or upon knowledge of) and ensures all appropriate paperwork and patient information is processed following department policies and procedures and State and Federal regulations.
• Coordinates a wide variety of patient care with physicians providers team members vendors etc. in support of the recommended plan of care to ensure safe and effective patient and family care following evidencebased practice Vermont State Board of Nursing and Hospital policies and regulations.
• Fulfills agency responsibility to participate in monthly peer review audits. Provides constructive feedback and openly accepts feedback professionally.
• Proactively schedules coordinates and facilitates case conferences with the Manager and team members to maximize effective communication with team members. Ensures effective and timely documentation of meetings is maintained.
• Proactively advocates for patient care issues to ensure that overall quality and type of care are sensitive to each specific patient/familys needs.

EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION/QUALIFICATION

Experience:

• At least 2 years of RN HomeCare experience is required

Licenses Certifications and/or Registration:

• Must have current and valid State of VT RN licensure

EMR System: McKesson experience preferred

Shift: MondayFriday 8 am4 pm some oncall or weekends may be required

Mobile Health Team Inc is a workforce solutions company. We match experienced healthcare professionals with temporary or permanent positions globally. Our mission is clear to bridge the staffing gap in the healthcare industry by creating and maintaining longterm working relationships with clients and healthcare professionals. We specialize in temporary and permanent placements in order to meet our clients needs.