Home Care Nurse
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Job Location:
Franklin, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 64992 - 99876
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Education:
Diploma ADN and/or BSN from an accredited institution
Licensures/Certifications:
Current Maryland State license as a Registered Nurse
Experience:
- Two years of nursing experience or equivalent combination or education and experience.
Skills:
- Knowledgeable of universal precautions for infection control and practices safe nursing standards for self protection
- Strong time management skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to be patient and family focused
- Skill in the use of EMR (Electronic Medical Record) and/or ability to learn
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Completes initial assessment of patient and family to ascertain home care needs - including physical emotional spiritual and mental status.
- Prepares and implements the care plan for patient/family unit in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Group.
- Provides direct nursing care to patients in order to maintain highest level of care for the patient in conjunction with the primary physician.
- Plans and supervises the delivery of care by the HHA
- Cooperates with Clinical Manager in utilization of other team members outside agencies and community resources. Updates primary physician when necessary and regularly on a monthly basis. Updates interdisciplinary team at patient care conference
- Uses problem oriented charting to ensure continuity of care in a home setting or nursing home as well as inpatient or respite setting.
- Teaches family members facility staff hired caregivers patient care skills including: pain control medication (RN titrates medication within prescribed range) injections draws blood for labs manages IVs dressing changes hygiene nutrition checking vital signs in accordance with orders from physician as well as addressing emotional needs.
- Ensures that arrangements for equipment necessary in the facility setting are made available.
- Attends to patient family and facility at time of patients death.
Facility Specific Job Functions
- Documents in facility chart
- Maintains positive relationships and open communication with facility staff.
- Reconciles medications against facility medication list.
- Updates facility staff and family of visit schedule
- Attends care plan meetings and/or patient care rounds for hospice patients within the facility.
- Establish/maintain professional working relationships with a variety of facility staff; ED DON medicine techs aides nurses (LPNs and RNs) rehab staff housekeeping etc.
- Provide educational in-services to facility staff both formally and informally.
- Participate in marketing and customer service activities with BDMs.
Pay Range
$64992.56 - $99876.12Final salary offer will be based on the candidates qualifications education experience and alignment with our organizational needs.
Equal Employment Opportunity
GBMC HealthCare and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity and expression age national origin mental or physical disability genetic information veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.
Key Skills
- Senior Care
- Developmental Disabilities Experience
- Behavior Management
- Computer Skills
- Caregiving
- Home Care
- Copywriting
- Child Protective Services
- Medication Administration
- Social Work
- Writing Skills
- Addiction Counseling
About Company
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