Weekend Start of Care (SOC) Nurse (RN)
Weekend Start of Care (SOC) Nurse (RN)
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Our client is seeking a Full-Time Weekend Start of Care (SOC) Nurse (RN) to promote the delivery of coordinated comprehensive care to patients through assessment planning documentation and provision of direct nursing care. The ideal candidate will have an Associate Degree in Nursing at least two years of RN experience and be CPR certified. Responsibilities include accurately completing assessments administering skilled nursing care and collaborating with other healthcare professionals to ensure patient care needs are met.
- Accurately completes required start of care documentation on new admissions post-hospitalization.
- Assesses the patient for home telemonitoring incorporates telehealth into plan of care and ensures notification of patient admission to the telehealth program to the telehealth department in established timeframes.
- Develops and implements the patient care plan in cooperation with other Agency professionals and paraprofessionals who will be providing care to the patient.
- Observes signs and symptoms and reports to the physician reactions to treatments including drugs and changes in the patients physical and emotional condition.
- Teaches supervises and counsels the patient and family members regarding the nursing care needs and initiates preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures as appropriate for the patients care and safety.
- Assesses and assigns Home Health Aides as appropriate by providing a written plan of care and specific duties the Aide is to perform for each individual patient.
- Initiates preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures as appropriate for the patients care and safety according to the Agencys policies and procedures.
- Communicates with supervisor and as indicated to other members of the home care team concerning problems of the patient(s) on a timely basis and communicates information using current process and technology available to the organization.
- Attends and participates in office staff meetings patient care conferences record audits utilization review performance improvement in services workshops and seminars.
- Satisfies CEU requirements of the State Board of Nursing.
- Keeps up-to-date on reimbursement criteria and charting needs for all patients.
- Strives to improve nursing care through continuing education attendance at workshops and conferences active participation in professional and related organizations and individual research and readings.
- Adheres to the Agencys personnel policies and Compliance Plan.
- Displays a high degree of courtesy tact and knowledge of services provided by the agency in all contact with staff patients and visitors.
- Respects patient rights and property.
- Must call in report daily to Supervisor or scheduler.
- Contacts the Nurse Supervisor to inform him/her of alternate schedule for patient visits during vacation sick days or personal days. Immediately reports any schedule change or inability to complete assignment as scheduled.
- Accepts changes/additions to schedule during staffing difficulties when necessary.
- Organizes daily visit schedule to minimize travel time and mileage. Maintains productivity according to work status. You will be expected to travel where business needs are located in order to reach your weekly productivity.
- Must meet weekly productivity points per week. Equivalent of three (3) SOCs or ROCs per day for a total of six (6) points.
- Must work holiday as required.
- Untimely or poor documentation is subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.
- Must travel to where business needs are located in order to reach productivity. Our client will always do their best to keep clinicians within a reasonable territory.
- Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.
- Schedule: every Saturday & Sunday two weekdays for four 10-hour days; prefers Friday Monday or Saturday Tuesday
- Must travel to where business needs are located in order to reach productivity. Our client will always do their best to keep clinicians within a reasonable territory.
Qualifications
- Associate degree or higher
- Valid Certified Cardiac Rehabilitation Professional (CCRP)
- Valid Registered Nurse (RN) in Illinois (IL)
- Valid Regular Driver License (DL)
- ALL of the following valid licenses/certifications:
- American Heart Association Basic Life Support (AHA BLS)
- American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support (AHA ACLS)
- Are you okay with the required travel for this position
- Please provide your RN License Number (Required for Name Clear)
Employment Type
Full Time
