Home Hospital RN - Acute Care & Team Leadership

Northwesternmedicine; Lake Forest (IL); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwesternmedicine Home Health is seeking a Home Hospital RN to provide hospital-level acute care in a patient’s home as part of the Hospital at Home team. The role emphasizes interdisciplinary teamwork, ethical practice, and patient-centered care with coordinated discharge planning.

Responsibilities include comprehensive assessments, timely communication of changes, care plan adjustments, and education for patients and families.

Qualifications

• Performs a comprehensive assessment on all assigned patients as evidenced by completed documentation.
• Communicates changes in patient's condition promptly.
• Uses nursing diagnoses and assessment data to set measurable goals and adjusts the care plan as needed.
• Identifies and prioritizes patient needs and documents them.
• Collaborates with patient and health care team; assesses discharge needs and makes referrals.
• Evaluates and documents patient responses to nursing interventions and updates the plan of care.
• Assesses discharge planning and makes referrals including palliative care.
• Ensures discharge instructions, medication reconciliation, and patient/family information including the patient portal.

Responsibilities

• Care Coordination: see responsibilities above.
• Patient Education/Ethic and Diversity: supports patient/family education, documents learning readiness, uses teach-back for medication education, utilizes Krames materials, respects cultural needs, and upholds ethical standards.
• EBP and Research: implements interventions based on evidence and participates in ladder/project improvement; advances nursing science through evidence sources.
• Healing Safe Environment: safe medication administration, protects patient health and safety, communicates at hand-offs, rounds with care techs, supports quality metrics, prevents ulcers/falls and infections, and participates in safety initiatives.
• Relationship to Colleagues and Shared Leadership: leads and directs care teams and demonstrates strong interpersonal leadership.

Job description

Northwesternmedicine Home Health is seeking a Home Hospital RN to provide hospital-level acute care in a patient’s home as part of the Hospital at Home team. The role emphasizes interdisciplinary teamwork, ethical practice, and patient-centered care with coordinated discharge planning.

Responsibilities include comprehensive assessments, timely communication of changes, care plan adjustments, and education for patients and families.