Registered Nurse

UnitedHealth Group; Enfield (CT); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Atrinity Home Health, part of LHC Group and UnitedHealth Group, seeks a Registered Nurse to provide in-home nursing care per physician orders and agency policies. You will coordinate the plan of care with the care team and families to ensure continuity and quality of care.

Key duties include initiating and revising the plan of care, supervising home health aides, completing assessments, and documenting visits while communicating effectively with physicians and caregivers to achieve optimal

Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted RN licensure in state of practice.
• Current driver's license, vehicle insurance, and access to dependable transportation.
• Current CPR Certification or ability to obtain within 90 days of hire.
• Ability to work with diverse patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Provide and direct nursing care to patients in their homes as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with laws and agency policies.
• Coordinate total plan of care with other health professionals and family to maintain continuity of patient care.
• Initiate, develop, implement, and revise the plan of care with the physician and team.
• Supervise home health aides and licensed nurses, provide instruction, and assign tasks per regulations.
• Complete supervisory visits and ensure high-quality clinical services and infection control.
• Document visits, conduct comprehensive assessments, and communicate with physicians and caregivers to optimize outcomes.

Skills

RN licensure

Driver's license

CPR certification

Home health experience

Education

Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) or equivalent

Job description

Explore opportunities with Atrinity Home Health, a part of LHC Group, a leading post-acute care partner for hospitals, physicians and families nationwide. As members of the Optum family of businesses, we are dedicated to helping people feel their best, including our team members who create meaningful connections with patients, their families, each other and the communities we serve. Find a home for your career here. Join us and embrace a culture of Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

As the Registered Nurse in Home Health you will provide and direct provisions of nursing care to patients in their homes as prescribed by the physician and in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and agency policies. You will also coordinate total plan of care with other health care professionals involved in care and helps to achieve and maintain continuity of patient care by planning and exchanging information with physician, agency personnel, patient, family, and community resources.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Clinical Competence
  • 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/vocational nurses, provides instruction, and assigns tasks according to State and federal regulations
  • Provides required supervisory visits
• Documentation and Care Delivery
  • Provides high-quality clinical services within the scope of practice and infection control standards, in accordance with the plan of care, and in coordination with other health care team members
  • Completes comprehensive assessments (OASIS) including medication reconciliation accurately and timely
  • Documents patient visits per policy and payer requirements, and syncs timely per LHC policy
• Quality
  • 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
• Teamwork
  • 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
  • Actively participates in survey/survey readiness activities and performance improvement plans, works to reduce unnecessary patient hospitalizations, improve patient safety, and implements processes and best practices to ensure positive patient 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

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required 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
• Current CPR Certification or ability to complete within 90 days of hire
• Ability to function in any home situation regardless of age, race, creed, color, sex, disability, or financial condition of the client

Preferred Qualifications:

• 1+ years of Home Health experience
• Ability to work independently
• Solid communication, writing, and organizational skills

Pay Range

$64,100 - $141,500 annual total cash target pay
$36.98 - $81.63 per visit point
$30.82 - $68.03 hourly rate

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