Travel Home Health RN

Sweetwater Care; Hathaway (MT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Job summary

Sweetwater Care seeks a dedicated Home Health RN to assess patients during visits, review medications and vital signs, administer prescribed medications, and dress wounds while monitoring healing progress. You will educate families on home care procedures and coordinate with physicians and therapists to ensure cohesive care plans.

Join a team that prioritizes patient comfort, palliation, and quality of life in a home setting, delivering compassionate care across varied home environments.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills to build rapport and trust with patients and families.
• Ability to act quickly in emergencies and maintain efficiency.
• Flexible and patient when working in diverse home environments.
• Knowledge of clinical skills including wound care, tube feedings, injections and IV setup.

Responsibilities

• Assess and chart patient condition at each visit.
• Complete evaluation tasks, including reviewing medications and vital signs.
• Administer prescribed medications.
• Dress or redress wounds and monitor healing progress.
• Educate patients and families on home health procedures.
• Coordinate with physicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists and other care team members.
• Keep the patient comfortable through palliation.
• Recommend tools or devices that may improve the quality of life for the patient.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Initiative

Emergency response

Flexibility

Patience

Wound care

Tube feedings

IV administration

Injections

Job description

JOIN OUR FULLSHIFT STAFFING TEAM!

Home Health RN Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assess and chart observations of the patient’s condition at each visit.
• Complete evaluation tasks, including reviewing medication and vital signs.
• Administer Physician-prescribed medication.
• Dress or redress wounds and assess the healing progress.
• Provide education to patients and families on proper home health care procedures and strategies.
• Coordinate with Physicians, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and other individuals in the patient’s care plan.
• Keep the patient comfortable through palliative care.
• Recommend tools or devices that may improve the quality of life for the patient.

Qualifications:

• Strong interpersonal skills that allow them to get to know their patients, build personal rapport and establish trust to provide high-quality care while increasing patients’ enjoyment and comfort
• Initiative so they can make independent decisions when required and accept direction and requests from patients.
• Ability to act swiftly in emergencies and work efficiently
• Flexibility and patience to work in a variety of living environments
• Knowledge of clinical skills including changing bandages, giving tube feedings, administering shots and setting up and monitoring IVs

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