Home Care Field Nurse

Constant Care Health Services LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

Constant Care Health Services LLC in the Bronx is seeking a Part Time RN Field Nurse to join our team. The role involves patient and family assessment, care planning, and coordinating services across the home health setting, in compliance with New York state regulations.

The ideal candidate is licensed in New York as a Registered Professional Nurse, with at least one year of home care experience, who can perform in-home assessments, document in EMR, and collaborate with referring physicians and

Qualifications

• Licensed and registered NY RN required.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing preferred.
• 1–2 years nursing experience in acute care.
• 1 year experience in home care.
• EMR knowledge.
• Driver's license and a vehicle required.

Responsibilities

• Assesses newly referred clients and eligibility for home care.
• Provides patient and family teaching prior to discharge and ongoing.
• Performs in-home patient assessments and documents in EMR timely.
• Provides skilled nursing per medical orders and agency policies.
• Communicates with referrers and discharge planners to review eligibility and plan of care.
• Assists referring agents with alternate plans for ineligible clients.
• Develops and implements treatment plans with patient’s medical practitioner.
• Creates and discusses the home health aide plan of care with the assigned aides.
• Supervises involved disciplines and evaluates aides' performance.
• Performs other nursing activities as directed.

Skills

Patient assessment in-home

Home health care

EMR documentation

Care coordination

Education

Registered Nurse NY license

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Tools

EMR

Job description

Constant Care Health Services is a Licensed Home Care Agency located in the Bronx. We are currently seeking a Part Time RN Field Nurse to join our Team!

This position requires expertise in the areas of patient and family assessment, determining appropriateness of and acceptance for home health services, coordination of services given by other health care providers and knowledge of state regulations.

Qualifications:

• Currently Licensed and Registered in the State of New York as a Registered Professional Nurse
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing preferred
• One-two years nursing experience in acute care setting
• One year experience in home care
• Knowledge in EMR
• Driver's license and a vehicle required

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides assessment of newly referred clients, assesses health needs and eligibility for home care
• Provides patient and family teaching prior to discharge and on an on-going basis
• Performs patient assessments in the home and document in EMR timely.
• Provides skilled nursing on assigned clients according to medical orders, and policies and procedures
• Communicates with referrers/discharge planners to review eligibility for agency services and to develop and coordinate the plan of care
• Assists referring agents in alternate plans for ineligible clients
• Develops and implements treatment plans in conjunction with patient's authorized medical practitioner
• Create HHA plan of care and discuss the same with the assigned aide
• Supervise all involved disciplines in the plan of treatment
• Do performance eval of the assigned aides, supervision of the aides and their competencies
• Other duties as deemed appropriate
• Performs other nursing activities as directed