Job Description

Working under moderate supervision, delivers care to patients in neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups in their places of residence. Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care while maintaining standards of professional nursing
• Communicates with RN Case Managers
• Provides individual care plans for each patient, advocate for patient welfare, serve as liaison between patient, family, and health care providers
• Identify client needs, connect client to services and resources to meet established goals.
• OASIS and HIS and comprehensive assessment documentation of each patient
• Perform all applicable skilled care
• Collaboration between all disciplines to organize and plan care at home
• Education to client, caregiver and or family
• Bereavement and spiritual assessment
  
• Communicate with IDG team
  
• Pain and symptom management

This document represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. Other duties may be assigned.

Graduate of a registered nursing program and possessing Indiana RN licensure, previous home care or hospice experience preferred.

Required

• Basic understanding of the related behaviors and needs appropriate to age and diagnosis of patients served in order to develop and provide an individualized plan of care
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Excellent decision-making skills and initiative to make independent judgments with the framework of established policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of Medicare, State and other rules and standards related to Home Health and Hospice
• Ability to drive and possess valid drivers license
• Ability to push/pull/lift/carry heavy objects
• Ability to operate compute and other technical medical equipment
• Maintain AHA BLS

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