Home Health RN (Registered Nurse) FT

Alc-Health-Care-Services; Glen Ellyn (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Employee assistance program

Health insurance

Health savings account

Life insurance

Paid time off

Vision insurance

Mileage reimbursement

Job summary

Apploi is seeking experienced home health care registered nurses to provide patient-focused care in facilities and patients' homes across Illinois. You will assess patient needs, implement and adjust plans of care, and coordinate with physicians and families.

Key duties include administering medications, educating patients, coordinating discharge planning, and participating in on-call coverage. Strong communication, clinical assessment skills, and a valid IL RN license with CPR are required.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of home health care experience.
• Current RN IL license and CPR certification.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.

Responsibilities

• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs and revises plan of care.
• 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.
• Adminsisters medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsels the patient and family with meeting nursing and related needs.
• 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.
• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports any changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physician’s orders as required.
• Communicates with community health-related persons to coordinate the care plan.
• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.

Skills

Observation skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Problem solving

Basic math

Nursing skills

Education

RN license IL

CPR certification

Tools

Driver's license

Job description

Seeking experienced home health care RN's.

Providing home health care services to meet the clinical needs of the individuals within facilities and their homes.

Responsibilities

• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.

• 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 and treatments as prescribed by the physician.

• Counsels the patient and family with meeting nursing and related needs.

• 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.

Communication

• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary.

• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports any changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physician’s orders as required.

• Communicates with community health-related persons to coordinate the care plan.

• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.

• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.

Position Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of home health care experience.

• Current RN IL license and CPR certification.

• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.

• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state/or organization requirements and is in good working order.

• Prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling or crouching. Visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Dental insurance

• Employee assistance program

• Health insurance

• Health savings account

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

• Mileage Reimbursement - $0.60 per mile after 15 mile per day deduction

Work Location: On the road