Registered Nurse RN Home Health

Overview

Registered Nurse Case Manager Advent Health Home Health

Our promise to you:
Joining Advent Health is about being part of something bigger. Its about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. Advent Health is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team.

All while understanding that together we are even better.

Location and schedule: Team Purple – this position will conduct patient home visits in the Union Park, Conway, Azalea Park, Audubon Park, Vista Lakes area (ZIP codes include 32817, 32814, 32803, 32807, 32825, 32813, 32822, 32829, 32812, 32809).

Schedule:

Full Time. Shift: Monday Friday, 8am – 5pm, flexible, rotating weekends, some call.

The Home Health Registered Nurse (RN) Care Manager coordinates and directs home care for the patient based on individual needs. The RN Care Manager independently manages the Home Health patient population using advanced assessment, teaching and decision-making skills. The nurse ensures appropriate referrals to other services, conducts interdisciplinary conferencing regularly, and completes necessary documentation. The Care Manager handles a caseload of home health patients, evaluates appropriateness of home health, and develops the home care plan with the physician.

The nurse educates patients, families, caregivers and community providers to safely perform care. Follow-up includes evaluating effectiveness of the plan and monitoring patient/family response to achieve goals and top decile outcomes. The Care Manager identifies performance improvement and home health standard of care initiatives and assists in designing or implementing programs to address changes.

• Coordinates and directs the care of a caseload of home patients when the primary skill needed is nursing. Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation for that caseload as the primary nurse.
• Sets priorities of home care caseload adapting to changing needs of patients and families. Optimizes schedules daily to support productivity, efficiency and best practice visit utilization.
• Assesses physical, functional, psychosocial, social, spiritual, educational, developmental, cultural, cognitive status and discharge planning needs of the home care patient. Assesses home environment for safety, infection control, and community resource needs. Reviews patient history and physical, diagnostics and laboratory data. Reports abnormal items to the physician as appropriate and documents assessments timely.
• Forms a patient-specific plan of care with the patient, family and physician that is feasible within resources. Establishes individualized, measurable patient-centered goals in collaboration with the patient, family and other providers, considering physical, cultural, psychosocial, spiritual, age-specific and educational needs.

Minimum qualifications:

• Associate s Degree
• 1 year recent, relevant clinical RN experience
• Registered Nurse – State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure in Florida
• Valid in-state Driver s License with current car insurance
• Active American Heart Association BLS

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree in Nursing
• Recent, relevant experience in Medicare-certified home health agency as a case-manager
• COS-C - Certificate for OASIS Specialist – Clinical
• Home Health Case-Manager Certification

Equal opportunity employer statement:
This facility is an equal opportunity employer and complies with federal, state and local anti-discrimination laws, regulations and ordinances. The salary range reflects the anticipated base pay range for this position. Individual compensation is determined based on skills, experience and other relevant factors within this pay range. The minimums and maximums for each position may vary based on geographical location.

Category: Case Management

Organization: Advent Health Home Health and Hospice

Req :

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not tolerate discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, age or disability/handicap with respect to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, wages, benefits and other terms and conditions of employment.