RN Home Health Per Diem Days

Primary Duties:

1. Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.

2. Evaluate and assess the patient and his/her home environment.

3. Communicate with the physician and other team members in order to develop and coordinate the care plan and to report any changes in the patient’s condition.

4. Assist in implementing the patient’s care plan.

5. Maintain current, accurate documentation in the client’s medical record.

6. Maintain health care instruction to the patient as appropriate.

7. Assess patient’s pain and obtain appropriate orders for symptom control.

8. Serve as the liaison between the patient, support staff and physician.

9. Enhance professional growth and development through participation in education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops pertaining to home care and hospice care.

10. Attend required number of departmental meetings per year.

11. Direct and supervise home health aides.

12. Demonstrates sensitivity and competence in the care of the ill and/or dying adolescent, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients relative to determining each patient’s age related physical, psychological and cultural needs.

Minimum Education

• Associate Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing from an accredited school.

Minimum Experience

• 1 year of experience as an RN in an institutional setting

Required Certification/Registration

• CPR Certification
• California RN license
• Valid CA Driver’s license
• Current automobile insurance.

Preferred Courses/Training

• Courses in Home Health and/or Hospice
• Public Health Nurse Training

Skills: Administrative

• Prior supervisory experience of Aides preferred

Skills: Machine

• Knowledge of use of Personal Computer

Physical Demands

• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.
• Lifts supplies/equipment
• Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients
• Lifting requirement 25#
• Prolonged, extensive or considerable standing/walking

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Tenet complies with federal, state, and/or local laws regarding mandatory vaccination of its workforce. If you are offered this position and must be vaccinated under any applicable law, you will be required to show proof of full vaccination or obtain an approval of a religious or medical exemption prior to your start date. If you receive an exemption from the vaccination requirement, you will be required to submit to regular testing in accordance with the law.