Home Care RN

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing care in accordance with InnovAge policies and all applicable regulations to participants and performs related administrative tasks for InnovAge.

In order to perform this job successfully

Functional Category: Participant Nursing
Estimated Percent of time Spent – 100%

• Triages participant and staff phone calls to s to determine priority of care and routes accordingly.
• Schedules outside appointments for participants when necessary.
• Assists in the examination, testing and treatment of participants.
• Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries
• Implements orders written by primary care physician(s).
• Instructs participants and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Schedules specialist and other appointments for participants and assists in hospital admissions.
• Performs general nursing care on participants including administering prescribed medications and treatments.
• Documents all necessary information and maintains participant medical record(s) and fulfills agency charting and reporting requirements.
• Administers medications, provides training in self-administration of all non-scheduled medications and monitors medication compliance.
• Provides health counseling to participants and their families on an individual or group basis.
• Assists in the examination, assessment, evaluation testing and treatment of participants.
• Observes, records, and reports participant’s condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians
• Perform nursing care to clients in their place of residence.
• Assess and re-assess participants to determine individual needs and to ensure the least restrictive environment.
• Assesses participants to determine change in condition that necessitates a change in level of care and coordinates the plan of care with Home Care resources.
• Furnishes those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skill.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each client visit and summaries of care conferences for clients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
• Conducts client care conferences on clients assigned to his/her care.
• Participates in peer review and quality management as assigned.
• Participates in utilization review of medical records as assigned.
• Processes orders and notifies physicians of client needs and changes in condition. Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual client.
• Ensure that quality care is delivered by home care team to site participants via periodic participant/caregiver inquiry, intermittent review of care plan, and trending of data from various reports/supervisory visits in collaboration with the Home Care Manager.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker for those clients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises the LPN every 30-days and supervises the HHA/CNA every 14-days (or per regulatory requirements) and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Additional work functions and duties may be assigned

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Travel reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Geriatrics
• Home Health

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

COVID-19 considerations:
To ensure the health and safety of our front line staff we are constantly giving out PPE's, and awarding extra paid days off to ensure everyone is well rested during these times.

Education:

• Associate (Preferred)

Experience:

• Elderly: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• RN (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

EMR Used:

• Not listed / Other

Patient Type:

• Geriatric

Relocation Assistance Provided:

• No

This Company Describes Its Culture as:

• Detail-oriented -- quality and precision-focused
• People-oriented -- supportive and fairness-focused
• Team-oriented -- cooperative and collaborative

Benefit Conditions:

• Only full-time employees eligible