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Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Recovery Care - Full-Time Day

Prisma Health

Greenville (SC)

On-site

USD 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

30+ days ago

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Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a compassionate Registered Nurse to deliver high-quality care in home settings. This role involves assessing patient needs, creating personalized care plans, and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations. You'll collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enhance patient outcomes and provide education to families. If you're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of patients and their families, this position offers a fulfilling opportunity to impact community health positively. Join a team that values innovation and compassion in healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

  • 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse or completion of a Prisma Health Nurse Residency.
  • Licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina is required.

Responsibilities

  • Provide clinical direction for patient care in home health settings.
  • Assess patient conditions and develop individualized care plans.

Skills

Clinical Assessment
Patient Care Planning
Patient Education
Communication Skills
Regulatory Knowledge

Education

Associates degree in Nursing

Job description

Inspire health. Serve with compassion. Be the difference.

Job Summary

Provides clinical direction for all aspects of patient care for the acute patient in the home care setting, fostering patient/family centered care. Demonstrates clinical competency utilizing evidence-based practices/research in all areas of the nursing process: assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation and outcomes. Consults with clinical advisor and/or peers as appropriate. Adheres to all compliance and policy/procedures of the organization including, but not limited to: licensure renewal, assigned training, employee health screenings, time and attendance policy, dress code policy, patient confidentiality, infection control, medication administration. Demonstrates knowledge of regulatory agency requirements (JCAHO, DHEC, CMS). Provides care within the scope of the South Carolina Nurse Practice Act. The acute home care setting usually requires staff to be scheduled for a significant amount of shift, weekend, holiday and on-call work.

Bonus

This position is bonus eligible. Follow this link for details.

Accountabilities

  • Assessment - Collects data and completes nursing assessment utilizing appropriate area and/or age specific standards/policies and tools. Assesses and recognizes subtle or actual changes in patients' condition and patient response to intervention. Identifies nursing priorities for the interdisciplinary plan of care based on nursing assessment (and other data as appropriate). Validates these priorities with healthcare team members and documents appropriately.
  • Planning & Outcomes - Develops an age appropriate, culturally sensitive, individualized plan of care that reflects current evidence-based practice, the assessed needs of the patient/family and addresses continuity of care. Makes appropriate referrals based upon assessment (e.g. skin, nutrition, social services). Develops the plan in collaboration with the patient/family, the physician, and other members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to derive measurable outcomes from diagnoses that are culturally appropriate, realistic and attainable; validates goals with the patient/family and documents appropriately. Updates the plan based on changes in the patient's condition; communicates changes in the plan to other members of the team. Plans for discharge begin at the time of admission to assure continuity of care and a smooth transition post discharge from one level of care to another (e.g. medication lists to assist with reconciliation, appropriate referrals, etc.)
  • Implementation - Provides direct care to assigned patients in a safe, timely, appropriate and cost-effective manner; consistent with the established plan of care and identified patient priorities. Performs specific tasks based on organizational, departmental and/or unit policies/procedures within the nurses' scope of practice; utilizing known resources and appropriate technology internal/external to the unit (per evidence based practice). Delegates nursing tasks as appropriate to members of the healthcare team, and ensures completion of assigned tasks. Ensures appropriate surveillance of assigned patients; monitors quality of care delivered. Ensures smooth, safe hand-offs of assigned patients to caregivers or next level of care. Assumes responsibility for patient safety by maintaining a safe environment to include awareness of safety procedures, protocols and adherence to patient care standards (infection control, medication administration, restraints, etc.). Utilizes performance indicators to collect data, monitor quality and effectiveness while providing nursing care.
  • Evaluation - Based on assessment/reassessment of patient response to interventions, evaluates plan of care for effectiveness, documents progress toward expected outcomes, and revises plan of care as needed. Reports changes in patient condition and refers unresolved problems to appropriate healthcare team members. Discusses outcomes with peers and with other healthcare team members. Evaluates opportunities for quality improvement; based upon evaluation, incorporates performance improvement recommendations into the plan of care as appropriate.
  • Patient/Family Education/Teaching - Identifies/assesses patient/family learning needs and teaches accordingly by: using language and terminology that the patient/family is familiar with, providing examples to clarify ideas, encouraging patient/family involvement in implementing and evaluating teaching plan, utilizing appropriate resources (e.g. written tools, computer aides, etc.). Communicates the patient/family's need for education/teaching to others in the healthcare continuum, utilizing resources within the interdisciplinary healthcare team as necessary.
  • Professional Accountability - Evaluates own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standard guidelines, state statutes, policies, procedures, rules/regulations and current specific knowledge. Takes personal accountability for maintaining competency through education and professional activities to promote the healthcare of the community. Maintains professional licensure and completes required mandatory education in a timely manner. Reflects on identified areas of strength that offer opportunity for improvement. Ensures that written documentation and oral communication focuses on pertinent information to support meeting patient/family care needs. Serves as the patient's advocate and coordinator of care, working collaboratively with the physician(s) and other members of the healthcare team.

Supervisory/Management Responsibilities

This is a non-management job that will report to a supervisor, manager, director or executive.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Education - Associates degree in Nursing
  • Experience - 1 year of experience as a Registered Nurse

In Lieu of

In lieu of 1 year of registered nurse experience, will accept successful completion (if available) of a Prisma Health Nurse Residency Program specific to Home Health care.

Required Licensure

  • Licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in South Carolina.
  • Valid driver’s license, an acceptable three-year motor vehicle record as defined by the Acceptable Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) Chart, and a certificate of auto insurance.

Other Required Skills/Experience

  • Driving is required for this position using the employee’s personally owned vehicle. Employee must have reliable transportation and will be expected to adhere to the Prisma Health Driver Safety Policy and specific department driving policies. Employee must pass driver training.

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Location

Home Health Roper MT

Facility

1021 Home Health - Upstate

Department

10217399 Home Recovery Care

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