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Pay Rate: $50.34/Hr on W2
Education/Licensure:
- Education: Graduate of an accredited nursing program; Preferred: BSN in Nursing and/or equivalent certification
- Licensure: Current RN Licensure in New York State
REQUIRED: All Nurse Assessors MUST meet the following requirements
- Two (2) years of experience in a HOME setting within the last ten (10) years; this may include:
- Working in the field for a Certified Home Health Agency (CHHA), Licensed Home Care Service Agency (LHCSA), or Managed Long-Term Care (MLTC)
- Conducting assessments that are similar to the UAS such as OASIS
- Providing primary care to homebound persons
- Care management for persons receiving home and community-based services including Hospice and Assisted Living
- Home care experience as a paraprofessional (e.g., Home Health Aide) or Licensed Practical Nurse
PREFERED: In addition to meeting the required qualifications, the additional experience represents the gold standard candidate for this position
- Experience conducting assessments in UAS-NY (role 40 or 45), especially in the last 365 days
- Experience caring for a geriatric population and managing their chronic diseases, especially in the home settin
Skills:
- Ability to review health status questions and make evaluations and determinations based on UAS criteria for enrollment
- Ability to work with technology in the workplace
- Knowledge of the theory, principles, and practices of general professional nursing
- need to do 3-4 assessments per day can take upto 2 hours
- Knowledge of state and agency laws and regulations governing general professional nursing practices
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with multi-generational consumers
- Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to the concerns of others
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment
- Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously
- Strong ability to work independently
Preferred Skills: Bilingual in commonly spoken languages such as Spanish, Russian, Haitian Creole, Chinese, Korean
Other Requirements:
- Travel required; NY State Driver s License or ID required
- Location: Hybrid work location is a combination of home telehealth and onsite assessments at the consumers residences
- Orientation and training to be conducted remotely
