NORC RN- Part Time Queens

VNS Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 77,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

VNS Health in New York is actively seeking a Registered Nurse to join an interdisciplinary care team serving NORCs and senior living communities. This role focuses on coordinating health and social services to help older adults age in place within their communities.

The RN will collaborate with site staff to promote self-care strategies, perform health screenings, conduct home visits, and facilitate appropriate care linkages and transitions.

Qualifications

• Must hold a valid NY RN license with CPR/BLS certification.
• Associate degree in nursing required; bachelor's preferred.
• Minimum two years' RN experience in LHCSA or CHHA with aging population.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with site staff to promote self-care health strategies.
• Provide health-focused outreach to seniors who may benefit from services.
• Promote health screenings, assessments, linkages, and presentations.
• Make calls and home visits to assess needs and support community living.
• Refer clients to appropriate health services based on assessments.
• Advocate by coordinating between health systems during transitions.
• Assist residents needing direct patient care to access physicians.
• Document nursing interventions as required.
• Participate in special projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills

Nursing

Care coordination

RN LHCSA/CHHA experience

Education

Associate's Degree in Nursing

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

Overview

Works as a member of an interdisciplinary care team at a NORC (Naturally Occurring Retirement Community) or Senior Living Retirement Community location and is responsible to coordinate a broad range of health and social services to help support older residents to age in their own homes. NORCs do so by facilitating and integrating the health and social services already available in the community while organizing additional services and supports necessary to help meet the goal of enabling older adults to remain in their community. Locations available throughout NYC. Works under general direction

What You Will Do:

• Collaborates with the Site staff to ensure residents engage in self-care management health strategies.
• Provides health focused outreach to seniors who may benefit from supportive services provided by the program.
• Promote and encourage healthcare activities such as health screening, health assessments, health care linkages, and health presentations.
• Makes telephone calls and home visits to individual residents aimed at assessing their needs and supporting successful community living activities.
• Makes referrals to appropriate health services based on the assessed needs of the resident.
• Provides Health Care Advocacy by acting as a liaison between the various healthcare systems during times of transition.
• Assist residents needing direct patient care to connect with their physician or other appropriate health care services to address their individual needs.
• Documents all nursing interventions provided as required by site location.
• Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Licenses and Certifications:

License and current registration to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse in New York State requiredCPR/BLS Certification required

Education:

Associate's Degree in nursing required andBachelor's Degree in nursing preferred

Work Experience:

Minimum of two year of experience working as an RN in LHCSA or CHHA. required andPrior experience working with an aging population and providing clinical assessments of their health needs. required

Pay Range

USD $77,200.00 - USD $96,500.00 /Yr.

About Us

VNS Health has been committed to meeting the needs of New Yorkers for over 130 years. We're one of the largest nonprofit home- and community-based health care organizations in the country, and today, more than 11,500 team members work together to make a difference in the lives of more than 99,000 patients and members on any given day.