Caring For the Community You Love
Choose a career to make a difference in peoples lives every day choose FisherTitus!
Perks of working at FisherTitus:
- Hours of Work Full time
- Comprehensive Benefits Package Medical & Dental coverage 401K match paid time off tuition assistance and more!
- Shift Weekend & PRN differential
About FisherTitus:
FisherTitus proudly serves the greater Huron County areas 70000plus residents by providing a full continuum of health and wellness care from heart and cancer care to outpatient services such as lab imaging and physical rehabilitation.
Vision: Be the first choice for healthcare and employment within our community
Mission: Deliver compassionate and convenient care to the highest level of excellence that promoteslifelong health and wellness for our community
General Summary:
The Staff Nurse administers skilled nursing care to patients on an intermittent basis in their place of residence. This is performed in accordance with physician orders and plan of care under the direction and supervision of the Clinical Manager/Administrator and in accordance with departmental and agency guidelines and policies.
Essential Functions:
- Provides services in accordance with the plan of care.
- Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patients nursing needs.
- Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions.
- Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
- Initiates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
- Coordinates services.
- Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patient.
- Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Participates in and presents inservice programs.
- Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
- Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition. Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
- Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient
- Refers to Physical Therapist Speech Language Pathologist Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
- Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
- Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her care.
- Participates in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as assigned.
- Gives total patient care as needed.
- Takes oncall duty nights weekends and holidays as assigned.
- Completes and submits OASIS assessments reassessments transfers resumptions of care discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Experience:
Staff IC