Home Health Visiting Nurse

Overview

HarmonyCares is one of the nation's largest home-based primary care practices. HarmonyCares is a family of companies all dedicated to providing high-quality, coordinated health care in the home. This includes HarmonyCares, HarmonyCares Medical Group, HarmonyCares Home Health and HarmonyCares Hospice.

Our Mission

• To bring personalized, quality-based healthcare to the home of patients who have difficult accessing care.

Our Shared Vision

• Every patient deserves access to quality healthcare.

Our Values

• The way we care is our legacy. Every interaction counts. Go the extra mile. Empower and support each other.

Why You Should Want to Work with Us

• Bonus potential of $2500+ per quarter!

• Health, Dental, Vision, Disability & Life Insurance, and much more

• 401K Retirement Plan (with company match)

• Tuition, Professional License and Certification Reimbursement

• Paid Time Off, Holidays and Volunteer Time

• Paid Orientation and Training

• Home Health locations in 8 states

• Great Place to Work Certified

Responsibilities

The Home Health Visiting Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity to include patient residence and qualifying facilities. The Home Health Visiting Nurse is responsible to communicate the patient's progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs non-professional home health aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Under the physician's order, admits patients eligible for home care services within 24-48 hours

• Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients

• Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency Clinical Supervisor and referring physician

• Reports to assigned follow-up Clinician as indicated

• Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems; patient problems and goals

• Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or at recertification

• Completed admission paperwork and patient care plan submitted to Clinical Supervisor per agency policy following the admission including completed and signed admission checklist

• Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching and training activities as outlined in the patient Plan of Care

• Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way

• Reports significant findings to patient's physician and Clinical Supervisor as they occur

• Submits completed skilled nursing visit notes; communication notes and home health aide supervisory notes per agency policy on designated days as requested by Clinical Supervisor

• Submits change orders per agency policy

• Performs all OASIS time point assessment per Medicare Criteria and submits recertification paperwork per agency policy and procedure

• Mantains open lines of communications to all members of the continuum of care team

• Supervises Home Health Aide and license and documents per Medicare criteria and per agency policy and procedure

• Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new nursing staff as requested

• Attends staff meetings, team conferences and educational in-services per agency requirements

• Participates in Process Improvement (PI) program by assisting with collection of data and serves on PI team upon request

• Participates in discharge planning process Medicare Criteria and agency policy and procedure

• Follows agency policies and procedures

• Performs these and all other duties as assigned by the Administrator

• Able to lift 40 pounds from floor to shoulder

• Repetitive walking, standing, sitting, bending, and use of hands

• Able to drive a car 2-4 hours per day

• Responsible to ensure the use of the 4Ms (What Matters to the patient, Medications, Mentation, and Mobility) and provides Age-Friendly Care

• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Current unencumbered State professional Nurse License

• Must maintain a valid driver's license and good driving record

• The ability to make sound professional clinical judgment

• The ability to assess and document patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs

• Proficient clinical skills

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Proficiency in personal computer use, including e-mail, clinical, word processing, spreadsheet and presentation software

Additional Florida Requirements:

• Active CPR Certification

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• One year of experience as a home care professional nurse and is competent in performing home care comprehensive assessment