RN - Home Health and Hospice

A Hug Away; Victoria (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

A Hug Away in Victoria, Texas is seeking caring Registered Nurses (RN) to join our team within the Home Health and Hospice sector. We focus on delivering top-notch care to our patients and families, ensuring a supportive and safe environment. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills, experience in home health or hospice, and be licensed in Texas.

This full-time role includes patient visits, care coordination, and assessments using OASIS data sets. Benefits include dental, health, and vision insurance, with a schedule from 9am-6pm and on call rotations.

Qualifications

• Currently licensed with the state of Texas.
• Minimum of 1 year of Hospice and Home health experience with verifiable references.
• BLS Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform patient visits according to the Plan of Care.
• Deliver care and instruction appropriate to the patient’s plan.
• Respond to issues, concerns, or complaints from patients.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Experience with electronic medical records

Coordination of care

Patient assessment

Experience working with children

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Tools

Wellsky/Kinnser

Job description

Job Details

• Currently licensed with the state of Texas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience with electronic medical records is strongly desired.
• Home Health or hospice assessments including consents in the home, hospital or facility.
• MINIMUM of 1 year of Hospice and Home health experience with verifiable references.
• Wellsky/Kinnser experience REQUIRED.
• Be available by phone during normal working hours, when on call, and when on backup call.
• Performs patient visits according to the Plan of Care or as patient need dictates.
• Deliver care and instruction that is appropriate to the patient’s plan of care.
• Coordination of care with wound care agencies, doctors and team members via Kinnser.
• Perform case management activities for assigned patients.
• Respond to verbal and written issues, concerns, or complaints from home care patients, families, physicians, nurse.
• Comprehensive Assessments of patients utilizing the OASIS data sets or Hospice HIS data set.
• May entail GIP care.
• Meet with the IDT/case conference team once every other week.
• Experience working with children highly considered.
• Coordinate schedule to make most use of time during the day.
• Will require driving outside of the immediate residential area to provide patient care.
• Concierge Nursing required.

An established Home Health/Hospice company is seeking caring RN's in the Houston Texas area and surrounding counties. We believe in delivering the best care to our patients and families and we are seeking staff who have the same beliefs. We are an agency that cares about our staff’s health and their families and want to ensure they stay as healthy as possible by using increased safety protocols and patient screenings for infectious diseases. We partner with world-leading safety professionals to establish protocols for our staff, their families, and our patients.

If you are wanting to make a difference in patients lives, please apply below and join our ever growing team.

Job Types

• Full-time

Benefits

• Dental insurance.
• Health insurance.
• Vision insurance.

Medical specialties

• Home Health/Hospice.

Physical setting

• Outpatient.

Schedule

• 9am-6pm and on call rotations.

COVID-19 considerations

We are an agency that cares about our staff’s health and their families and want to ensure they stay as healthy as possible by using increased safety protocols and patient screening for infectious diseases.

Education

• Bachelor's (Preferred).

Experience

• Nursing: 1 year (Highly Preferred).
• Home health and/or hospice 1 year (Required).

License/Certification

• BLS Certification (Preferred).
• RN Texas or Compact state.