Visit Nurse 9 Counties

Visit Nurse
1a-9a M-F
Patient Care:

• Assesses patient needs and evaluates symptoms and progress through the comprehensive assessment of the patient.
• Executes the therapeutic regime of treatments, medications, and plan of care as prescribed.
• Provides holistic, patient/family-centered care, as prescribed, in the patient's residence to improve the quality of life.
• Functions within Agency guidelines for patient care productivity.
• Consults and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team and other agencies involved in the patient's care.
• Initiates or facilitates referral of patient and/or family to appropriate Agency or community resources.
• Performs admissions as assigned.
• Completes an average of five (5) nursing visits per day.
• Provides supervision of LPN, Home Health, and Hospice Aides in accordance with agency policy and regulatory requirements.

Documentation/Reporting: •

• Accurately records and reports pertinent facts and observations regarding patients condition and response to treatment. Also documents on ECF chart, if applicable.
• Reports appropriate information to the case manager, and the interdisciplinary team, by ensuring verbal and written reports are clear, concise and timely.
• Documents problems, nursing assessments, care provided, care interventions and patient and family outcomes in the clinical record at the point of care.
• Documents LPN, Home Health and Hospice Aide supervisory visits, and related follow up, no less frequently than every 14 days.
• Assures the ECF chart's Agency section contains necessary information for Agency/ECF compliance, if applicable.

Teaching:

• Teaches patient (or ECF staff as applicable) self-care.
• Teaches those parts of patient care appropriate for each family to provide.
• Teaches indication, side effects, and contraindication of all medications

Conditions of Employment:

• Compliance to Annual Flu Shot Policy and COVID vaccination or ability to provide exemption documentation
• Provide an active auto insurance policy as a licensed driver in the State of Indiana with the proper level of coverage as directed
• Provide an active driver's license
• Must pass Drug and Background Check.
• Ability to provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.
• High level of integrity, ethics and professionalism.

Success Capabilities:

• Licensed RN in State of Indiana
• Experience preferred in hospice care, home health, oncology and/or pain and symptom management.
• Current CPR certification
• Must have and maintain a valid driver's license, good driving record and auto accident insurance

NOTE: The responsibilities of this position are described above, and they may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodations or other reasons. Also, this description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position.