Home Health RN

Position Title: Home Health Registered Nurse Department: Skilled Nursing-Davenport

Purpose:

Provides direct nursing care and case management for homecare patients utilizing the nursing process. Delegates to and supervises home care aides as required by Iowa and Illinois Nursing Practice Acts.

Report To:

VNA Clinical Supervisor

Supervisory Responsibility:

Direction: The job requires some accountability for scheduling, assigning or coordinating work.

Employees check the quality of work and provide guidance, instruction, training and direction to others. Although the job does not require formal or official supervisory responsibility, the incumbent serves as group leader or acts in an informal #assistant supervisory# or #lead# role. In addition, the employee may be expected to provide information or suggestions on human resources matters.

Materials Responsibility:

Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources.

Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss.

Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.

Key Relationship:

Co-workers/Health System Employees, Outside Agencies/Other Health Care Providers, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others, Vendors/Clients, Third Party Payors/Insurance Companies # POSITION SPECIFICATION # Education: Associate#s Degree

Field Of Study:

Nursing

Special Training:

Basic Life Support

Training Preferred:

Baccalaureate in Nursing # Licensure/Registration: Registered Nurse in Iowa or Illinois required at time of hire, second state required within 6 months. Valid Driver#s License, Auto Insurance-Genesis minimum limits required.

Experience:

More than 2 years experience required.

Interpersonal Skills:

Interaction is with a wide variety of people inside or outside the organization.

Communications are often extremely difficult or stressful in nature.

Contact with others involves highly complex and sensitive topics. The job requires extremely well developed interpersonal skills for dealing with a range of complicated problem situations. The job requires the use of diverse communication techniques.

Physical Demands:

Low Intensity:

Work requires a light or low amount of physical exertion.

The job requirements for manual dexterity or physical manipulation are limited. The need for physical stamina and endurance is of minimal or low significance.

The degree of physical strain produced on the job is somewhat taxing, but does not usually produce fatigue and require periods of rest.

Freedom of movement exists, and the job does not confine the employee to a prescribed body posture. Body movement usually involves sitting and intermittent walking. The position exceeds these low intensity demands routinely 36-70% of the time.

Working Conditions:

There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment.

Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee may be exposed to these conditions is limited to 70% or less of the work day.

Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens:

Yes

Miscellaneous:

Position Title: Home Health Registered Nurse

Department: Skilled Nursing-Davenport

Purpose: Provides direct nursing care and case management for homecare patients utilizing the nursing process. Delegates to and supervises home care aides as required by Iowa and Illinois Nursing Practice Acts.

Report To: VNA Clinical Supervisor

Supervisory Responsibility: Direction: The job requires some accountability for scheduling, assigning or coordinating work.

Employees check the quality of work and provide guidance, instruction, training and direction to others. Although the job does not require formal or official supervisory responsibility, the incumbent serves as group leader or acts in an informal "assistant supervisory" or "lead" role. In addition, the employee may be expected to provide information or suggestions on human resources matters.

Materials Responsibility: Limited: Work requires limited responsibility for material resources.

Examples of resources could include supplies, equipment, inventories, small budgets, and other similar material assets. The employee has a limited amount of control over these resources. The cost of errors is also limited in terms of damage, waste or financial loss.

Problems associated with material resources are not complex. The volume of resources may vary, but the level of difficulty in dealing with these resources is uncomplicated.

Key Relationship: Co-workers/Health System Employees, Outside Agencies/Other Health Care Providers, General Public/Visitors/Volunteers, Physicians/Medical Office Staff, Students/Interns/Residents/Outside Instructors, Patients, Families, and Significant Others, Vendors/Clients, Third Party Payors/Insurance Companies

POSITION SPECIFICATION

Education: Associate's Degree

Field Of Study: Nursing

Special Training: Basic Life Support

Training Preferred: Baccalaureate in Nursing

Licensure/Registration: Registered Nurse in Iowa or Illinois required at time of hire, second state required within 6 months. Valid Driver's License, Auto Insurance-Genesis minimum limits required.

Experience: More than 2 years experience required.

Interpersonal Skills: Interaction is with a wide variety of people inside or outside the organization.

Communications are often extremely difficult or stressful in nature.

Contact with others involves highly complex and sensitive topics. The job requires extremely well developed interpersonal skills for dealing with a range of complicated problem situations. The job requires the use of diverse communication techniques.

Physical Demands: Low Intensity:

Work requires a light or low amount of physical exertion.

The job requirements for manual dexterity or physical manipulation are limited. The need for physical stamina and endurance is of minimal or low significance.

The degree of physical strain produced on the job is somewhat taxing, but does not usually produce fatigue and require periods of rest.

Freedom of movement exists, and the job does not confine the employee to a prescribed body posture. Body movement usually involves sitting and intermittent walking. The position exceeds these low intensity demands routinely 36-70% of the time.

Working Conditions: There is routine exposure to highly adverse environmental conditions including physical hazards, health and safety risks, and otherwise undesirable characteristics in the environment.

Personal risks require safety equipment or precautions to be followed closely. The time the employee may be exposed to these conditions is limited to 70% or less of the work day.

Possible Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens: Yes

Miscellaneous: