Home Health Registered Nurse RN Full-Time

Valley Regional; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefit plans

Employee Assistance Program

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Paid Birthday Leave

Critical Illness coverage

Short-term Disability coverage

Accident insurance

Life Insurance

Competitive 401K plan w/ Safe Harbor

Job summary

Valley Regional Home Health is seeking a full-time Registered Nurse to support patients in the Clovis, Fresno, and Madera area. You'll provide in-home nursing care, conduct initial assessments, develop and revise plans of care, and coordinate with families to optimize outcomes.

On-site training is 8:00am-4:30pm initially, with flexible start/end times once independent, typically seeing 3–5 patients daily and driving between visits. California RN licensure and CPR are required.

Qualifications

• Licensed RN in California with current license.
• CPR certification current.
• Willingness to drive within Clovis, Fresno and Madera areas.

Responsibilities

• Completes initial patient and family assessment to determine home care needs and documents status.
• Re-evaluates patient nursing needs and updates charting within required timeframes.
• Initiates and revises the plan of care based on patient status and needs; communicates with physician as needed.
• Develops care plans with goals based on nursing diagnosis, including patient and family in planning.
• Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician during visits.
• Counsels patients and families on plan of care and provides health education.
• Provides post-discharge planning and discharge-related instruction as appropriate.

Skills

RN license

CPR certification

Driver's license

Home health experience

Communication skills

Education

CaliforniaRN license

Nursing degree

Job description

Valley Regional Home Health is currently seeking a full-time Registered Nurse for the Clovis, Fresno, and Madera areas. This position would be Monday through Friday. Training hours are generally 8:00am-4:30pm, but once the employee is independent, RNs can adjust their start times and end times to provide patient care in the home environment. Our home health RNs see between 3-5 patients per day and drive between patient visits.

We are a locally owned and operated home health agency is looking to add Nurses to its current long-term and experienced Nursing team. Operating in the Valley since 2013, Valley Regional Care has been a leading provider with 500+ patient census. With a leading management team fully focused on employee growth, company benefits and great professional culture, we are excited to add full-time nurses to continue our goals to serve our community.

Benefits

• 9 Medical benefit plans to choose from (HMO and PPO)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Paid Birthday Leave
• Critical Illness coverage
• Short-term Disability coverage
• Accident insurance
• Life Insurance
• Competitive 401K plan w/ Safe Harbor Matching

Patient Care

• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs. Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es). Ability to read documentation on patient status as well as any orders that the patient PCP may have provided.
• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs and completes necessary charting within the required timeframe.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change; uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures. Administers medications, treatments, IV ABX, etc. as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs, provides education on plan of care
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.

Position Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current licensure to practice professional nursing in the state.
• Graduate of National League for Nursing accredited school of nursing.
• Maintains a current CPR certification.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order - as well as willing to drive around the job posting area.
• Demonstrates excellent observation, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills; ability to work well with others and communicate time-sensitive information effectively.
• Shows ability to organize and prioritize workload independently - home health employees are typically independent in the field.
• One year of home health experience preferred, but not required.

The above statements are intended to be a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by incumbents of this job. The incumbents may be requested to perform job related tasks other than those stated in this description.