REGISTERED NURSE - HOME HEALTH - PRN DAYS

Job Description

REGISTERED NURSE - HOME HEALTH - PRN DAYS Job Location: Maryville, IL Position Type: PRN (24 Hours) Salary Range: $30.00 - $52.70 Hourly Job Shift: Days Description Job Summary: The Registered Nurse is responsible for providing safe and effective delivery of patient care through assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient and family needs in the home care environment. Directs and supervises the home health aide in providing quality patient care services. The RN is responsible for organizing and managing cases including coordination with other professional disciplines (PT-OT-ST-MSW). Service and Quality Standards: Service: Is customer focused, anticipates customer needs, adheres to customer service standards, is competent, caring, and compassionate, treats coworkers and customers with dignity and respect, demonstrates competent, caring, and compassionate behavior to customers and coworkers. People: Is conversation conscious, assures confidentiality of patient and employee information, is positive in interactions with others, is courteous and respectful, promotes a harassment-free environment, inspires the trust of others, acts in accordance with hospital policies, meets the requirements of the Code of Conduct, and identifies any conflicts of interest. Quality: Is excellent in patient care and service, demonstrates multidisciplinary cooperation, assists in obtaining excellent satisfaction scores of feedback, is safety conscious, demonstrates safety consciousness and supports safety initiatives, is involved with improvement efforts, supports performance improvement, seeks ways to improve systems and services, shows commitment to improvement efforts, meets mandatory educational requirements. Growth: Is a loyal ambassador, demonstrates commitment to hospital mission and vision, is active and involved, supports hospital initiatives, champions innovation and supports change, is a positive role model, fosters team cooperation. Finance: Is a good steward of hospital resources, develops/uses efficient work methods, is cost-effective, conserves organizational resources. Job Responsibilities: Supports patient’s rights and responsibilities, including respect of cultural and religious diversity. Demonstrates flexibility to meet staffing needs of department/organization. Meets productivity standards, accepting low census time and/or extra time as needed. Demonstrates leadership abilities while appropriately following the chain of command. Performs and evaluates appropriate and complete evaluation based on patient diagnoses and specific to care, leading to appropriate care planning decisions. Effectively utilizes nursing process to ensure optimal nursing care and patient outcomes. Provides age-appropriate and population-specific patient care in a safe, skillful, accurate, and efficient manner to primarily adult and geriatric populations as indicated. Assesses patient and family learning needs and provides ongoing education and evaluation. Adheres to standard precautions and infection control standards. Documents readiness to learn, teaching, barriers, and outcomes. Reassesses significant change in patient’s condition and updates care plan appropriately. Identifies patient care needs to formulate and/or contribute to the discharge plan. Completes documentation accurately and in a timely manner, according to policies and procedures. Qualifications Education Requirements and Other Requirements: Education Level: Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Certification/Licensure: Licensed in the state of Illinois. BLS certification required. Experience Requirements: Two years of experience in a health care setting is required. Home health experience is preferred. Other Requirements: Driving and reliable transportation is a necessity. Working Conditions: Exposure Category 1: Tasks that involve exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues. All procedures or other job-related tasks that involve an inherent potential for spills or splashes of them are Category 1 tasks. Use of appropriate protective measures is required for every employee engaged in Category 1 tasks. Physical Activity: Lift/Carry, Push/Pull, Climb, Squat/Bend/Kneel, Sit, Stand, Walk/Move About, Driving. The most significant duties have been included in this description. Other duties may be assigned, and the hospital/home health department has the right to modify this job description as needed to accurately reflect assigned duties. #J-18808-Ljbffr