Home Health Registered Nurse — Caring, Impact & Growth

Optum; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401k contribution

Equity stock purchase

Job summary

Optum in the United States is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for home health in State College, PA. You will provide and direct nursing care in patients' homes, coordinating with physicians and the care team to ensure continuity of care.

The role includes supervising home health aides, performing OASIS assessments, documenting visits, and maintaining compliance with policies. A supportive environment emphasizes Caring, Connecting, Growing together.

Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice.
• Current Driver’s License, vehicle insurance, and access to a dependable vehicle or public transportation

Responsibilities

• Initiates, develops, implements, and revises the plan of care in collaboration with the physician and other health care professionals.
• Supervises care provided by home health aides and licensed practical/vocational nurses, provides instruction, and assigns tasks according to State and federal regulations
• Provides required supervisory visits
• Completes comprehensive assessments (OASIS) including medication reconciliation accurately and timely
• Documents patient visits per policy and payer requirements, and syncs timely per LHC policy
• Makes initial and/or comprehensive nursing evaluation visits, ensures patients meet home health eligibility and medical necessity guidelines, determines primary focus of care, develops the plan of care within State guidelines with the physician, and submits accurate documentation
• Communicates relevant information timely and effectively with appropriate agency staff, including patient care issues, visit assignments, schedule changes, orders, OASIS data sets, coding requests, and coordination with other clinicians
• Communicates timely and effectively with physicians, patients, and family members to ensure quality care and service excellence
• Takes direction from Clinical Director and Executive Director professionally and completes assigned tasks timely, including required learning
• Assists in the orientation of new agency personnel and serves as a preceptor to other staff and students
• Actively participates in survey/survey readiness activities and performance improvement plans, works to reduce unnecessary patient hospitalizations, improve patient safety, and implements processes and best practices to ensure positive patient outcomes
• Participates in on-call and weekend rotation as needed to meet patient needs
• Adheres to and participates in the agency's utilization management model
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Skills

RN licensure

Driver's license

CPR certification

Job description

Optum in the United States is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) for home health in State College, PA. You will provide and direct nursing care in patients' homes, coordinating with physicians and the care team to ensure continuity of care.

The role includes supervising home health aides, performing OASIS assessments, documenting visits, and maintaining compliance with policies. A supportive environment emphasizes Caring, Connecting, Growing together.