Job Description
EXTREMELY COMPETITIVE VISIT RATE - 75/hr-150/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.