Job Description
I BELIEVE THAT BETTER CARE BEGINS AT HOME. Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence – that’s what our patients have come to expect from our clinicians. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nation’s leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services. Kindred at Home, and its affiliates, delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families. I BELIEVE IN WORKING FOR A COMPANY THAT CARES AS MUCH AS I DO. We offer a unique employment package that includes: Unprecedented opportunities for career growth. Clinical ladder for professional credentialing and advancement. Innovative specialties with cutting-edge training and development. I BELIEVE MY WORK IS MY CALLING. As a HOME HEALTH REGISTERED NURSE, you will: 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 an