Home Health Admissions Nurse

UPMC; Seven Fields (Butler County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join UPMC Home Health as a Home Health Admissions Nurse, where you'll provide compassionate patient-centered care in home settings. Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to establish care plans and ensure quality outcomes. Enjoy a flexible work schedule, career advancement opportunities, and comprehensive benefits, including tuition reimbursement.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus available for new graduates and experienced staff

Flexible shift options

Mileage reimbursement at the federal rate

Tuition reimbursement and discounted RN-to-BSN programs

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse required.
• CPR certification needed within 30 days of hire.
• Prior nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish patients’ plans of care in collaboration with multi-disciplinary health care team.
• Coordinate case management activities to ensure quality patient care.
• Complete required documentation accurately and promptly.

Skills

Compassionate care

Patient-centered care

Clinical expertise

Coordination

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Join to apply for the Home Health Admissions Nurse role at UPMC

UPMC Home Health is seeking a skilled and compassionate Home Health Admissions Nurse to join our growing team in the North Hills area. As an integral part of the UPMC care continuum, you will serve as the first clinical point of contact for patients transitioning to home-based care. In this role, you’ll complete comprehensive in-home assessments, initiate individualized care plans, and coordinate services to ensure a safe and seamless start to home health care. Your clinical expertise and commitment to patient-centered care will help support our mission to deliver exceptional health care where it matters most—at home.

Are you a nurse looking for a rewarding career where you can provide direct, one-on-one patient care? UPMC Home Health hires caring, skilled, compassionate registered nurses to join our At Home nursing team! You’ll work in a home setting with a diverse patient population throughout these surrounding communities. Working outside of a medical facility, you’ll have an opportunity to get to know patients as you guide their care in the comfort of their homes.

Monday - Friday daylight shifts 8:00 AM -4:30 PM. Rotating weekends, holidays, and evenings on call. 2-3 weekends within a 6-week schedule. 1 winter and 1 summer holiday.

As an RN with UPMC Home Health, you’ll collaborate with our team of specialized nurses, rehabilitation therapists, social workers, dieticians, aides, and trained administrative staff to provide personalized patient care in a home setting.

Why UPMC Home Health

• Establish rapport with patients and their families as you guide their treatment plan home.
• Sign-on bonus available for new graduates and experienced staff
• Grow your career with a career ladder designed for your professional advancement.
• Make your career work for you with flexible shift options, including a dedicated weekend program with premium rates and benefits.
• Work 8-hour or 10-hour shifts for full-time
• Care for your total well-being with UPMC’s robust benefits package - physically, financially, and emotionally - including tuition reimbursement and discounted RN-to-BSN programs.
• Receive mileage reimbursement (at the federal rate).
• Final title and pay will be determined by education, experience, and certifications.

Responsibilities:

• Establish patients’ plans of care in collaboration with physicians, patients, and utilization management (UM) professionals to meet physicians’ orders and patients’ needs.
• Coordinate case management activities across a multi-disciplinary health care team to ensure appropriate, quality patient care.
• Initiate, deliver, and evaluate patient- and family-centered health teaching.
• Strive to help patients achieve optimal health outcomes, delivering compassionate care with an emphasis on the patient's experience.
• Complete all required documentation, including visit assessments, OASIS, 485, and verbal orders accurately and promptly on a laptop or in written documentation while in the patient's home and according to all applicable regulatory standards.
• Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization’s standards of conduct, policies, and procedures in addition to all local, state, and federal regulatory guidelines.
• Job title and salary will be based on qualifications and career ladder requirements.
• Graduate of an accredited school of professional nursing required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Prior nursing experience preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Current licensure as a Registered Professional Nurse either in the state where the facility is located or in a state covered by a licensure compact agreement with the state where the facility is located OR TPP
• CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
• Automotive Insurance
• Driver's License
• Act 33
• Act 34
• OAPSA
• Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran