Job Description
Interim HealthCare, one of the nation’s leading providers of home care, is now seeking a weekend PRN home health RN for the Southwest area to join the team. Expand your career and apply today !
Responsibilities of the Home Health Registered Nurse include:
Supervise and manage patient’s care episode from admission to discharge.
Coordinate patient’s care with other clinical staff and appropriate medical providers.
Perform home health admission visits, resumptions, recertifications, and discharges.
Record, assess and observe patient progress, reactions and symptoms.
Assess the needs of patient and develop plan of care based on assessment.
Check vital signs of patients, give injections, administer medication and dress wounds.
Educate patients in line with physician recommendations.
Document care in a patient record in accordance with agency, state and federal guidelines.
- Provide home care to patients after illness, injury or surgery or with acute health conditions or patients who are being treated with pharmaceuticals.
Requirements of the Home Health Registered Nurse:
Graduation from an accredited nursing school and a current, valid RN license registered in the state of Texas.
OASIS training.
Driver's License
Willingness to travel throughout assigned territory.
1 year of home health nursing experience required.