Staff Nurse - RN - Home Care provides professional nursing care to assigned patients in a home care environment. Records patient histories, performs various diagnostic tests, administers medications, and develops patient home care plans in conjunction with other medical professionals. Being a Staff Nurse - RN - Home Care performs examinations and prescribed procedures, operating and monitoring medical equipment as necessary. Observes patients' progress and records observations in patient medical records. Additionally, Staff Nurse - RN - Home Care promotes patients' independence by teaching patients and families to understand conditions, medications, and self-care skills. Typically requires a bachelor's degree in nursing. Typically reports to a manager or head of a unit/department. Requires a valid state RN license. Staff Nurse - RN - Home Care's years of experience requirement may be unspecified. Certification and/or licensing in the position's specialty is the main requirement. (Copyright 2024 Salary.com)
Job Description: The Home Health Field Nurse Supervisor will provide direct clinical supervision to field based clinicians, including RNs and LPNs, in support of the needs of the Agency. This position will validate ongoing clinical competence of field staff through co-visits, on-site supervisory visits, direct observation, and hands-on training and team meetings; communicate with physicians, therapists and the care team; assist in the achievement of patient outcomes (safety, cost, quality, satisfaction) by working collaboratively with interdepartmental teams; facilitates a professional climate which utilizes teaming and effective communication to meet patient care needs; monitor staffing adequacy and supplement by performing billable visits as needed.
Essential Duties: The Field Nurse Supervisor will supervise patient care and maintain awareness of complex conditions of patients through field visits; perform on-site visits to assess the care provided by LPNs under your supervision; Evaluate staffing needs for skilled patients and work with staffing coordinator to make adjustments to provide necessary staffing levels based on patient care needs. We estimate this position will be in the field approximately 35 percent of time.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
The Field Nursing Supervisor must be a caring, patient and a flexible teacher with excellent communication and time management abilities. The candidate must possess independent problem solving abilities, excellent clinical assessment skills and be computer literate. Additional requirements include:
Education and Experience:
Physical and Environmental Condition:
Patient's home environments may involve risks or discomforts which require special safety precautions e.g. lifting, turning, transferring, assisting consumers when delivering nursing services and exposure to challenging physical and mental human behavior.
Office work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of such places as offices or meeting rooms, e.g., use of safe work place practices with office equipment, and/or avoidance of trips and falls.
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The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
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