Home Health RN: Caring, Coordinated Patient Care

UnitedHealth Group; Hot Springs (AR); On-site; USD 68,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) contribution

Job summary

Elite Home Health of Hot Springs, part of LHC Group and the Optum family, seeks a Registered Nurse for home health visits, coordinating the plan of care with physicians and the care team to deliver high-quality nursing services in patients' homes.

Required: active RN license, valid driver’s license, and reliable transportation. State-specific requirements apply. Competitive pay and benefits within a nationwide health care family.

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 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.
• Participates in survey readiness activities and performance improvement plans, works to reduce unnecessary hospitalizations, improve patient safety, and implements processes to ensure positive 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

Nursing care

Patient communication

Documentation

Education

RN licensure (state)

Job description

Elite Home Health of Hot Springs, part of LHC Group and the Optum family, seeks a Registered Nurse for home health visits, coordinating the plan of care with physicians and the care team to deliver high-quality nursing services in patients' homes.

Required: active RN license, valid driver’s license, and reliable transportation. State-specific requirements apply. Competitive pay and benefits within a nationwide health care family.