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EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE VISIT RATE - 75/hr-125/hr with BENEFITS
THE SPHINX DIFFERENCES:
- Patients are pre-screened for Home Health eligibility and needs.
- Full SUPPORT from the office team - You're not working alone.
- User Friendly EMR system "Axxess"
Joint Commission accredited - Deficiencies free surveys.
***Multi-Year Recipient of the National Homecare Elite Award***
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in the state of Michigan
- Two (2) years’ nursing experience, preferred.
- Acceptance of philosophy and goals of this Agency.
- Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides services in accordance with the plan of care.
- Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
- Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions.
- Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
- Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
- Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patient.
- Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Participates in and presents inservice programs.
- Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
- Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition. Completes
- certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
- Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient.
- Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
- Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
- Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her care.
- Participates in peer review and Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement as assigned.
- Takes on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as assigned.
- Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames.
- Appropriately utilizes ICD-10 codes.
Multi-Year recipient of the Homecare Elite Award
Sphinx Home Health Care is a company guided by a dedication to clinical excellence, innovation, and high quality outcomes for every patient we care for. Our clinicians provide patients with skilled nursing care, rehabilitation and therapy with the goal of reducing unnecessary re-hospitalizations and to give them the freedom and independence to continue living in their own homes. We are committed to the communities where we live and work, to the health and dignity of those we serve, and to the professional and personal development of all who choose to belong to the Sphinx Home Health Care family.
Sphinx Home Health Care is a company guided by a dedication to clinical excellence, innovation, and high quality outcomes for every patient we care for. Our clinicians provide patients with skilled nursing care, rehabilitation and therapy with the goal of reducing unnecessary re-hospitalizations and to give them the freedom and independence to continue living in their own homes. We are committed to the communities where we live and work, to the health and dignity of those we serve, and to the professional and personal development of all who choose to belong to the Sphinx Home Health Care family.
