Home Health RN: Caring, Connected Care Leader

UnitedHealth Group; McCleary (WA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 119,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group, via Assured Home Health, is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for Home Health to provide and direct clinical nursing care in patients' homes. You will coordinate total care plans with physicians and care teams, supervise home health aides, and perform supervisory visits per state regulations.

The role emphasizes accurate documentation, comprehensive OASIS assessments, and effective communication with patients, families, and clinicians to ensure high-quality, compliant

Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice.
• Current Driver's License with access to dependable vehicle or public transportation.
• CPR certification (preferred or within 90 days).
• 1+ years of Home Health experience.
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple patient visits.
• Strong communication, writing, and organizational skills.

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.

Skills

RN licensure

Driver's license

CPR certification

Home health experience

Independent work

Communication skills

Job description

UnitedHealth Group, via Assured Home Health, is seeking an experienced Registered Nurse for Home Health to provide and direct clinical nursing care in patients' homes. You will coordinate total care plans with physicians and care teams, supervise home health aides, and perform supervisory visits per state regulations.

The role emphasizes accurate documentation, comprehensive OASIS assessments, and effective communication with patients, families, and clinicians to ensure high-quality, compliant