RN Home Health Transitional Nurse

Angels-of-Care-Pediatric-Home-Healt; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Major medical, dental & vision

401K

Paid time off

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health is seeking a Home Health Transitional Nurse in Phoenix, AZ. This role focuses on delivering infant, child, and adolescent home-based care with strong clinical assessment and coordination with a multidisciplinary team.

You will participate in discharge planning to ensure continuity of care after hospital stays. The ideal candidate holds an active PA RN or LPN license with CPR, and has experience or preference for home care and trach/vent in some cases.

Qualifications

• Active PA RN or LPN license.
• Active CPR.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients’ post-acute needs at home in collaboration with the Halos Home Team and discharge providers to ensure continuity of care.
• Perform on-going patient care and assessments and administer prescribed medications and therapies.
• Coordinate care and educate family members/caregivers to improve outcomes.

Skills

Communication skills

Adaptability

Team player

Education

RN or LPN license

CPR certification

Job description

Home Health Transitional Nurse

Location: Phoenix, AZ. Pay Range: $40 - $42 per hour

Join our team as aHome Team Nurse for a growing company that has a huge heart, fast-paced work environment, and great benefits! Work with passionate, talented professionals that are dedicated to serving our clients and feel rewarded knowing that your job MATTERS!

The Company:

Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health is a family, clinically-owned company that has been caring for the medically fragile community since 2000! The company was founded by a nurse with a huge heart, and today we pride ourselves on our values:Heart,Advocacy,Love,andOutreach!#HALOS

The Position:

Using strong clinical and assessment skills to assess patients’ post-acute needs in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary Halos Home Team and the patients discharge care providers to ensure continuity of care when discharging home.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities (Other duties may be assigned):

• Focus on the medical needs and treatment of infants, children, and/or adolescents primarily in their home according to the active plan of care, as given by the physician and other appropriate personnel. Maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
• Conduct on-going patient care and assessments.
• Administration of prescribed medications, treatments, and therapies.
• Coordination of care.
• Educate family members/caregivers on patient clinical care to enhance positive outcomes.
• Preventative initiatives to protect quality of care for patient.
• Assess patients’ post-acute care needs in collaboration with the Clinical Care Managers and the patients discharge care providers to ensure continuity of care when discharging home.
• Provide interim care to patients experiencing gaps due to call offs, vacations and staff shortages with varying acuity and scheduling needs.
• Provide one-on-one training to nurses in the field to ensure a smooth clinical and non-clinical transition assuring continuity of care when the Halo’s Home Team exists the case.
• In conjunction with support staff, serve as a liaison and patient advocate on complicated cases.

Performance Responsibilities:

The following listing applies to every employee.

All employees of the organization:

• Exercise necessary cost control measures.
• Maintain positive internal and external customer service relationships.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills by conveying necessary information accurately, listening effectively and asking questions when clarification is needed.
• Be depended upon to plan and organize work effectively and ensure its completion.
• Meet all productivity requirements.
• Demonstrate team behavior and must be willing to promote a team-oriented environment.
• Represent the organization professionally at all times.
• Demonstrate initiative
• Continually improve processes and relationships.

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Active PA RN or LPN license
• Active CPR

Abilities, Skills, and Knowledge:

• Trach/vent experience preferred
• Home care preferred
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• Adaptability
• Provide care in a client home setting
• Ability to make a positive and lasting impression
• Ability to work as a team member

Special Requirements:

• Flexibility in scheduling with the ability to work on call as needed.

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Ability to lift up to 50 pounds and move Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient needs, and to make quick decisions and resource acquisition’ meet patient/family individualized psycho socials needs.

• Office: works in a routine office environment. Noise level may be moderately high, ability to work a flexible schedule and extended hours. Ability to travel locally and some exposure to inclement weather. Ability to hear and respond to pages, ability to understand and apply training and in-service education, ability to instruct personnel during training, education and staff meetings, and ability to remain calm in emergency situations and when handling multiple tasks. Must be able to cope with the mental and emotional stress of the position. Must function independently and have flexibility, personal integrity and the ability to work effectively with clients, personnel, and support.
• Home: Works in patients’ home in various conditions; possible exposure to blood and bodily fluids and infectious diseases; ability to work flexible schedule; ability to travel locally; some exposure to unpleasant weather, PRN emergency call.

Travel:

Travel of approximately 1 hour from the branch office, or further agreed upon distance.

Why Angels of Care:

We have a full benefits package, bulleted out below. Among these great benefits, we have fun! We attend and invite our employees to community events and volunteer opportunities, keep you informed on ways you can help advocate for our medically fragile kids, cook-out on Employee Appreciation Day, and so much more!

• Major medical, dental, & vision plans with a generous portion of medical covered by AOC
• Group & voluntary life insurance
• 401K
• Paid time off
• Employee Assistance Program
• Supplemental Insurance Policies
• Patient Care Coordination Services
• Prescription Concierge Service
• Anytime Fitness gym discount
• Voluntary long-term & short-term disability
• Free life insurance
• Cellular discounts
• Health savings account
• Dependent care flexible spending account
• Wellness program & incentives
• Legal Shield & Identity Shield
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Annual car giveaway
• and many more!

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Information

Individuals seeking employment at Angels of Care Pediatric Home Health are considered without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identification, national origin, age, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, or veteran status.