Home Health Registered Nurse

Well Care Home Health, Inc.; Burgaw (NC); On-site; USD 63,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Well Care Home Health, Inc. is seeking a clinically skilled Registered Nurse to plan, implement, and evaluate patient care across home health settings in North Carolina.

You will coordinate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality patient outcomes and adherence to agency policies. The role requires a valid RN license, CPR certification, and 1+ year of RN experience (2+ years total clinical experience preferred).

Qualifications

• Active RN license in the state of practice (NC/SC as applicable).
• Current CPR certification.
• Minimum of 1 year RN experience; total 2+ years clinical experience required.
• Home health experience preferred.
• Must communicate clearly in English (written and verbal).
• Ability to use computer and basic software.
• Ability to transfer and lift patients with equipment.
• Must meet essential physical and mental requirements.
• Valid NC driver's license and vehicle.
• Able to work variable hours including weekends/holidays.

Responsibilities

• Assess and plan patient care according to age and diagnosis.
• Manage a caseload and coordinate with multidisciplinary team.
• Communicate information per agency policies and guidelines.
• Contribute to program effectiveness.
• Organize and perform work efficiently.
• Maintain and adjust schedule to support agency performance.
• Demonstrate agency values daily.
• Show positive interpersonal relations with staff, patients, families, and physicians.
• Promote customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrate mission, vision, and values of the Agency daily.

Skills

RN License

CPR Certification

Home Health Experience

English Proficiency

Education

AD/Diploma/BSN Nursing

Job description

PRIMARY JOB DUTIES

1. 1. Assesses, interprets, plans, implements and evaluates patients according to the patient’s age and diagnosis.
2. 2. Effectively and efficiently manages the care of a caseload of patients and coordinates care with a multidisciplinary team.
3. 3. Appropriately communicates information in accordance with agency policies and procedures and discipline specific guidelines.
4. 4. Contributes to program effectiveness.
5. 5. Organizes and performs work effectively and efficiently.
6. 6. Maintains and adjusts schedule to enhance agency performance.
7. 7. Demonstrates a daily commitment to the values of the agency.
8. 8. Demonstrates positive interpersonal relations in dealing with all members of the agency.
9. 9. Maintains and promotes customer satisfaction.
10. 10. Effectively demonstrates the mission, vision, and values of the Agency on a daily basis.

JOB SPECIFICATIONS

Salary Range: $63,000.00 - $85,000.00*

*This range reflects our commitment to attracting top talent and is based on market rates and individual qualifications

1. 1. Education: Graduate of an accredited or approved school of nursing, either an AD, Diploma, or BSN program.
2. 2. Licensure / Certifications: Current license to practice professional nursing in the State in which providing care (NC/SC). CPR certification required.
3. 3. Experience: One year RN experience and a total of 2 or more years clinical experience is required. Supplemental experience may include experience as LPN, CNA, military medic, EMT or related experience. Home health experience preferred. Less than 1 year RN experience requires 1 year of clinical experience as LPN (Internal use only). Therapy Assistants (PTA, OTA) with 1 year of Home Health experience and at least 6 months RN experience (internal use only).
4. 4. Essential Technical / Motor Skills: Hand/eye coordination in order to give injections, use computer, etc. Must be able to communicate and be literate in the English language. Able to manipulate patient care equipment, to properly transfer and guard patients.
5. 5. Interpersonal Skills: Ability to develop positive interaction with patients, patients’ families, physicians and staff in order to effectively care for the patients.
6. 6. Essential Physical Requirements: Ability to transfer and/or maneuver objects weighing at least 50 pounds in the assessment and implementation of patient care. Requires frequent pushing, moving, lifting of patients. Positioning of patients, giving patients baths and ambulating patients expending much physical effort. Occasionally requires reaching overhead, stair climbing and fine motor manipulation.
7. 7. Essential Mental Abilities: Must be able to assess a patient’s condition, formulate a plan of care, select appropriate interventions, evaluate patient’s response to care/treatment, and to explain/teach patients about their condition/recovery. Requires higher level of mental faculties accompanied by short-and long-term memory. Able to prioritize duties, learn new skills and techniques in patient care. Able to learn and use supportive services.
8. 8. Essential Sensory Requirements: Ability to visually assess patients and to utilize sight to implement and evaluate plan of care (changing dressings, starting IVs, regulating IV’s, maintain equipment as to readouts, etc.). Utilize hearing to auscultate lung sounds, bowel sounds, hear alarms, and effectively communicate with patients, families, physician, and staff.
9. 9. Exposure to Hazards: Noise, exposure to blood borne pathogens and body fluids, infectious diseases, and needle puncture wounds. May be exposed to dangerous animals and traffic hazards while home visiting. May encounter patients and other situations which present a potential threat to personal safety. May encounter temperature changes and weather extremes.
10. 10. Hours of Work: Variable Monday - Friday, weekends and holidays as needed. Flexible schedule to accommodate staffing needs.
11. 11. Population Served: Adults and Geriatrics.
12. 12. Must have a valid North Carolina driver’s license and an operational vehicle.