Overview:
REGISTERED NURSE- PRN - SARASOTA COUNTY
Join our Navigate Home Health Care team, where we redefine care with a concierge touch. We seek dedicated individuals to join us in our mission to bring comfort and support directly to the homes of those in need. As part of our agency, you will have the opportunity to make a profound difference in people’s lives, offering personalized care and fostering a sense of well-being in the comfort of their own homes. If you are passionate about delivering high-quality, compassionate care and making a meaningful impact, we welcome you to explore our dynamic team.
We are currently seeking a compassionate and dedicated PRN Registered Nurse to provide care in Sarasota County, FL. As a Home Health Care RN, you will play a crucial role in providing high-quality healthcare services to patients in the comfort of their own homes. Your primary responsibilities will be to provide nursing care, in accordance with the patient's plan of care, to include comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring of the patient's condition, health promotion and prevention coordination of services, teaching and training activities, and direct nursing care.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate total patient care by conducting comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring the patient's condition, promoting sound preventive practices, coordinating services, and teaching and training activities.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing service, to the patient and family, on an ongoing basis.
- Perform admission, transfer, re-certification, resumption of care, and discharge OASIS for the home care patient.
- Prepare, and present, patient's record to the Clinical Record Review Committee, as indicated.
- Consult with the attending physician, concerning alterations of Patient Care Plans, checks with the appropriate supervisor, and makes changes, as appropriate.
- Coordinate patient services.
- Submit a tally of patient care visits made each day.
- Participate in case conferences, discuss with the supervisor problems concerning the patients, and how they may best be handled.
- Discuss, with the appropriate supervisor, the need for the involvement of other members of the health team, such as the Home Health Aide, the Physical Therapist, the Speech Therapist, the Occupational Therapist, The Medical Social Worker, etc.
- Obtain orders for home health aide service and submit a referral to the appropriate personnel.
- Cooperate with other agencies providing nursing, or related, services to provide continuity of care and to implement a comprehensive care plan.
- Participate in staff development meetings.
- Continually strive to improve his/her nursing care skills by attending in-service education, through formal education, attendance at workshops, conferences, active participation in professional and related organizations, and individual research and reading.
- Participate in the development, and periodic revision, of the physician's Plan of Treatment and processes change orders, as needed.
- Submit clinical notes, within 48 hours, and progress notes and other clinical record forms outlining the services rendered.
- Participate in the patient's discharge planning process.
- Maintain an on-going knowledge of current drug therapy.
- Adhere to federal, state, and accreditation requirements, including Medicare and Medicaid regulations.
- May be requested, by Clinical Manager, to fill in for the other nurses.
Qualifications:
- Must be a graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
- Must be licensed in the state of Florida, as a Registered Nurse.
- One, or more, years of experience, in community/home health agency or in a hospital setting, is preferred.
- Must have knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid guidelines.
- Must have a working knowledge of home healthcare, and the principles and techniques of professional nursing, and required documentation that pertains to it.
- Should be skillful in organization., and in the principles of time management, and have knowledge of management processes.
- Must be able to contribute to the quality of care being rendered, through constructive communication with nursing managers and staff.
- Must have a criminal background check.
- Must have a current CPR certification. Online certification is not accepted.
- Must have a driver's license and be willing, and able, to drive to patients' residences.
- The ability to access patients' homes, which may not be routinely wheelchair accessible, is required. Hearing, eyesight, and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient's condition and to perform and demonstrate patient care.
- Physical activities will include, walking, sitting, stooping, and standing and minimal to maximum lifting of patients and the turning of patients.
- The ability to communicate, both, verbally, and in writing, is required as frequent communication, by telephone, and in writing in English, is required.
Job Conditions:
- Must have a driver's license and be willing, and able, to drive to patients' residences.
- The ability to access patients' homes, which may not be routinely wheelchair accessible, is required. Hearing, eyesight, and physical dexterity must be sufficient to perform a physical assessment of the patient's condition and to perform and demonstrate patient care.
- Physical activities will include, walking, sitting, stooping, and standing and minimal to maximum lifting of patients and the turning of patients.
- The ability to communicate, both, verbally, and in writing, is required as frequent communication, by telephone, and in writing in English, is required.
Navigate Home Health Care, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We encourage individuals of all backgrounds to apply and join us in our mission to provide exceptional home health care services with compassion and respect for every individual we serve.
Benefits:
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible schedule
Medical Specialty:
- Home Health
- Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine
- Psychiatry
- Urology
- Wound Care
Physical Setting:
- Assisted living facility
- Long term care
- Outpatient
Work Location: In person
