RN Home Care OnCall
Home Care, Hospice, Senior Care
Home Care, Hospice, Senior Care
Hospice HomeCare/Hospice Spring St
Work in Omaha, Nebraska
0.04 hours per week
Equal Opportunity Employer
RN Home Care OnCall
Position Description
World Class. It is easy to distinguish. World Class employees are responsive, compassionate, and innovative. They prioritize dignity and respect, never settling for average care, insisting on excellence both of themselves and team members. At Alegent Health, this is our promise to our employees and our community.
Alegent Health values individual contributions, creative ideas, and innovation our employees are why we have the highest quality scores in the Nation. We are committed to serving our community by providing faith-based health services with five hospitals and several clinics across the Region.
Our commitment to our patients and their families is high, but the return on that commitment is even higher. We are committed to our employees by ensuring we hire only World Class talent who also believe in enriching the lives of those we serve. If this sounds like you - apply today and join the Alegent team!
Registered Nurse
Home Care, Hospice, Intake/Referral, IV and Maternal/Child
Develops, assesses, implements, and monitors a comprehensive plan of care for patients within an assigned case load and/or to patients, as assigned, for the team and for evenings, nights and weekends by coordinating an interdisciplinary team approach to service and resource delivery.
The plan includes patient problems and goals as well as biophysical, psychosocial, environmental, long-term care, and discharge planning needs.
Completes a comprehensive, age-appropriate initial assessment based on the patients presenting problems, needs, and strengths and the physicians medical diagnosis.
Contacts the physician when additional services such as therapies, social work, home health aide, or dietary may be required.
Conducts ongoing age-appropriate reassessments to determine response to care or services according to organization policy and/or changes in the patient or family status, re-prioritizes care based on new information, and updates the patients plan of care.
Assures the patient and his or her family/caregivers participate in all assessment and planning activities.
Serves as an advocate and liaison between the patient/family and physician, Home Care team members, community resources, and third party payors as necessary.
Completes all physician orders (verbal, interim, certifications) within Home Care policy and requirements to reflect all services and disciplines provided.
Performs therapeutic, age-appropriate nursing interventions as ordered by the physician and/or the nurse, consistent with scope of practice, standards of practice, organization policies and procedures, and individual competence, with consideration to risk management and infection control practices.
Uses clinical knowledge and sound critical reasoning in care delivery and clinical decision making.
Seeks guidance appropriately.
Experience
Required: At least three to five years previous NICU, peds, med/surg, ER, ICU, or oncology experience.
Preferred: Hospice, Home Care and/or intake/referral experience. Expertise in care planning, assessments, symptom and pain management and comunications.
Education/Licensure
Required: Graduate of accredited school of nursing.
Licensure as registered nurse in State of Nebraska or Iowa, Nebraska and Iowa are compact states to must be licensed in the state of residence.
BLS or BLS instructor certification is required upon hire. Acceptable credentialing bodies and certifications include the following: American Red Cross: CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer, American Safety and Health Institute: CPR, PRO, must say Professional Level-with AED, and American Heart Association: Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.
Valid Drivers license
Auto insurance per Home Care policy
Preferred: Bachelors degree in nursing.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Requires demonstrated abilities in effective utilization of all home health care services.
Requires demonstrated skill in planning and coordination of client care.
Knowledge of managed care regulatory process including Medicare and Medicare.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Able to perform multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
Able to organize and prioritize.
Knowledge of computers.
RN Home Care OnCall
This position has been listed under the following classifications:
Health Care Professional - NOS
Health Care - NOS
Nursing Services - NOS
Registered Nurse (RN)
Home Care
Registered Nurse (RN) - Hospital
Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health/Hospice
Posted 2009/10/08