Job Description
Location Address: 8100 Constitution Pl NE Albuquerque, NM 87110-7643 Compensation Pay Range: Minimum Offer $37.80 Maximum Offer $51.00 Summary: As a Home Health RN, you'll be a patient advocate - responsible for case management of Home Healthcare patients. Our Home Healthcare team ensures that care delivery is within quality and utilization guidelines and is directed toward the achievement of desired clinical outcomes for the disease state. How you grow, learn and thrive matters here. Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern) Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions) Malpractice liability insurance Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department EPIC electronic charting system Type of Opportunity: Part time FTE: 0.50 Job Exempt: No Work Shift: Days (United States of America) Responsibilities: This role is eligible for a sign on bonus and relocation benefit! Ensures the quality and safe delivery of home health services: Completes assessments that are timely, and appropriate of physical, mental, psychological/social (behavioral), functional, financial, treatment, resource, and spiritual needs of patients. Provides skilled nursing care services by planning, organizing, directing, coordinating, evaluating, and documenting all aspects of nursing care in accordance with physician/APC plan of care. Coordinates patient’s care through collaboration with patient/care giver, multidisciplinary team, and physician/APC. Intervenes consistently and changes interventions with orders to meet changes with patient/caregiver needs. Evaluates each visit the effectiveness of interventions and the patient’s response to intervention. Provide direct patient care by assessing patient for care needs, resources to meet needs and developing a home care plan of care in conjunction with physician. Assures completion of required OASIS assessments according to regulations for home care and QAPI measures. Coordinates implementation of the plan of care through a multidisciplinary home care team, community resources and physician/APC. Ensures plan of care is followed and that documentation complies with regulatory requirements. Maintains a department productivity standard for visits and caseload management. Demonstrates professional accountability for self-scheduling patient case load with appropriate frequency and duration, and concurrently updates schedule throughout the day as needed so that ongoing patient needs can be met. Assure patients on case load are notified timely of their visits, any unplanned schedule changes, and accommodate patients preferred schedule as available. Precepts newly hired nurses, students and serves as a resource person and professional role model as needed. Maintain communication with the multidisciplinary team s and assures that orders for necessary care plan changes are obtained and communicated timely to the team. Initiates documentation in the home and completely records all care delivery so that receiving staff have record of care delivered in a timely manner per agency policy and procedures. Oversight and delegation of the plan of care within the care team as appropriate to LPN�s and CNAs. Assumes professional responsibility for current nursing practice and clinical standards of care. Participates in agency continuous quality improvement and process improvement project (PIP) activities as required. Assume other leadership roles as required by the department. Responsible for holiday coverage, select weekend coverage and evening call for agency and patient home visits as required on a rotating basis. Performs other functions as required. Critical Elements of Caring Practices Performance Caring Practices: Incorporates nursing activities that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients and staff with the aim of promoting comfort and healing and preventing unnecessary suffering. Applies The Promise and incorporates into care interactions. Applies Exceptional Patient Experience principles and incorporates into care interactions Applies respect and timely response in interactions with patient, family, health care team members Interacts with patient and family providing compassionate, non-judging, empathetic care Clinical Judgment and Action: Uses clinical reasoning, which includes clinical decision-