Registered Nurse, Home Health PRN

Company: Kindred at Home
Location: Christiansburg
Posted on: January 15, 2022

Job Description:

Our Care Matters. - -
When you join the Kindred at Home team, you become part of something bigger. We are the nation 's leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services. Our team delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice and palliative care. Now more than ever, people in your community need in-home healthcare. Our team helps to keep them safely at home, during moments that matter most to them. - -Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families.
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Our Employees Matter.
We believe a world-class patient experience is enabled by an exceptional employee experience. -And, committed to fostering an amazing employee experience at Kindred at Home. - Our people are our greatest resource and asset, and we are committed to helping our employees thrive and fulfill their personal and professional goals.
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We offer:

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• Competitive pay and 401k
  
• Healthy Steps Wellness
  
• Healthcare Plans
  
• Employee Assistance Program
  
• Centers of Excellence Program
  
• Educational Assistance
  
• Clinical ladder for professional credentialing and advancement
  
• Leadership development
  
• Talent focused Framework
  
• Targeted personal and career development planning
  
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  As a Home Health Registered Nurse, you will:
  
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  • Provide admission, case management, and follow-up skilled nursing visits for home health patients.
    
  • Administer on-going care and case management for each patient, provide necessary follow-up as directed by the Clinical Manager.
    
  • Confer with physician in developing the initial plan of treatment based on physician's orders and initial patient assessment. - Provide hands-on care, management and evaluation of the care plan and teaching of the patient in accordance with physician orders, under Clinical Manager's supervision. - Revise plan in consultation with physician based on ongoing assessments and as required by policy/regulation.
    
  • Coordinate appropriate care, encompassing various healthcare personnel (such as Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Home Health Aides and external providers).
    
  • Report patient care/condition/progress to patient's physician and Clinical Manager on a continuous basis. -
    
  • Implement patient care plan in conjunction with patient and family to assist them in achieving optimal resolution of needs/problems. -
    
  • Coordinate/oversee/supervise the work of Home Health Aides, Certified Home Health Aides and Personal Care Workers and provides written personal care instructions/care plan that reflect current plan of care. - Monitor the appropriate completion of documentation by home health aides/personal care workers as part of the supervisory/leadership responsibility.
    
  • Discharge patients after consultation with the physician and Clinical Manager, preparing and completing needed clinical documentation.
    
  • Prepare appropriate medical documentation on all patients, including any case conferences, patient contacts, medication order changes, re-certifications, progress updates, and care plan changes. - Prepare visit/shift reports, updates/summarizes patient records, and confers with other health care disciplines in providing optimum patient care.
    
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    • Diploma, Associate or Bachelor Degree in Nursing
      
    • Minimum of one year nursing experience preferred
      
    • Strong med surg, ICU, ER, acute experience
      
    • Home Health -experience a plus
      
    • Current and unrestricted Registered Nurse licensure
      
    • Current CPR certification
      
    • Strong organizational and communication skills
      
    • This role requires full COVID-19 vaccination
      Join Our Team!
      Check out our video to get a glimpse of a day in the life of our Home Health team -
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      To learn more, please contact your local recruiter at (toll free) 855-KND-AT-HOME -or apply online. - Our Recruiters are ready to help you start a new and rewarding career with Kindred at Home.
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      All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

Keywords: Kindred at Home, Roanoke , Registered Nurse, Home Health PRN, Other , Christiansburg, Virginia