Registered Nurse Home Care Infusion Middlesex​/Monmouth​/Ocean Counties

Overview

Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At Hackensack Meridian Health we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community.

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At Hackensack Meridian Health at Home, we recognize our full- and part-time benefit eligible team members by offering a Total Rewards package including comprehensive Health Benefits, generous Paid Time Off, Travel Reimbursement as well as an investment in your future with a 401(k) match and Tuition Reimbursement. Per Diem team members are eligible to participate in Travel Reimbursement and may be eligible to receive a 401(k) match.

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Are you a nurse looking for a change? A return to the HOME could rekindle your passion for nursing. Focus on one patient at a time with Hackensack Meridian Health  nurses spend meaningful 1:1 time with patients in their homes, where they feel most comfortable. Enjoy a flexible schedule in a setting with fewer distractions.

• The Home Care Infusion RN is responsible for providing professional nursing care to patients in their home through assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of home nursing care needs on an individual and continuous basis in accordance with organization policies and procedures and external regulations. Demonstrate competency with infusion therapy.
• Assure compliance with appropriate physician orders in a timely manner and that visit frequency follows physician orders. Ensure documentation reflects compliance with physician's orders and addresses progression to goals at discharge.
• Ensure that assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patient care follow policy, procedure, and standard of care. Demonstrate ability to care for a patient and significant other in a holistic manner. Provide safe patient care. Demonstrate knowledge and competency in completion of assigned treatments and procedures according to established standards and policies. Utilize an interdisciplinary team and accurately document all activities.
• Ensure clinical judgments and critical thinking reflect professional standards of care and codes of ethics, providing safe and effective patient outcomes. Appropriately document clinical decisions through the EMR system.
• Identify appropriate payors and remain in compliance with authorizations for self and other disciplines as necessary. Meet payor source guidelines. Maintain visit frequency within authorization ranges. Utilize secure messaging to insurance nurses for all authorizations.
• Document assessment, interventions and planning to meet organization timelines. Complete nursing assessment, medication reconciliation and collaborate with physicians on the Plan of Care. Update care plan within two weeks of a change in patient status.
• Implement specific teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care. Document appropriate teaching strategies in the medical chart consistent with goals and plans.
• Report patient care problems to management or appropriate nursing personnel and/or physician in a timely manner with possible solutions. Document case communication and utilize a manager as a resource when appropriate.
• Act as liaison among physicians, Manager of Clinical Practice and other health care team members to ensure effective coordination and appropriate resource referrals. Ensure coordination of services meets client needs.
• Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers of patient care loads, daily or when vacation/time off is scheduled.
• Complete routine assignments accurately, consistently and independently in a timely manner without supervision. Meet productivity requirements on a consistent basis.
• Maintain awareness of new/updated standards and incorporate them into nursing practice throughout the continuum of care. Document knowledge of current practice guidelines in the medical chart.
• Other duties and/or projects as assigned. Demonstrate flexibility with job responsibilities in all areas. Adhere to HMH's organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
• Lifts a minimum of 50 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 50 lbs., and stands a minimum of 8 hours a day.

Education,

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or Diploma Certificate in Nursing.
• Minimum of one (1) year of RN experience.
• Ability/Experience with inserting IVs.
• Competency Requirements:
• With previous and recent IV experience…