Home Health and Hospice Triage Registered Nurse
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Optimal CareHealthcare
Michigan, Ohio, and IndianaPart-TimeMiddle
Salary31 - 35 USD per hour
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Job Details
- Experience
- 2-3 years experience
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited Diploma, Associate, or Baccalaureate School of Nursing
- Current State License as a Registered Nurse
- 2-3 years experience as a registered nurse in an appropriate clinical care setting
- 1 year of supervisory experience
- Nursing skills as defined by accepted nursing standards
- Interpersonal skills and ability to manage patient care episodes
- Ability to assess and respond to the needs of patients, families, and caregivers in varied settings
- Ability to function effectively in the home or nursing facility environment
- Skill in nursing practice
- Ability to cope with ill, disabled, terminal patients, family emotional stress, and tolerance of individual lifestyles
- Ability to handle multiple priorities, documentation requirements, and deadlines
- Current and valid driver’s license
- Reliable transportation and valid automobile insurance coverage
- Ability to sit, stand, bend, lift, and move intermittently
- Ability to lift at least 35lbs and bear the weight of an average adult effectively
- BSN preferred
- Experience as a nurse in a hospice or home health environment preferred
- Familiarity with Home Care Home Base (HCHB)
Responsibilities
- Manage the coordination, supervision, and implementation of professional and supportive services to clients in a safe, cost-effective manner
- Coordinate care during the episode of health care treatments
- Communicate significant findings, problems, and changes in condition or environment to the physician and other personnel involved with patient care
- Initiate a plan for patient safety, using patient, family, and community resources
- Verify the plan of care for the episode according to physician's orders, assessment data, and established standards and guidelines
- Assume primary responsibility for "after hours supervisor" including assessing, planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating the plan of care for patients and families
- Manage and direct field team and weekend office staff, to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, and appropriate hospice services
- Coordinate services to ensure the availability and competency of staff to respond to organization referrals and provide assessment visits within 24 hours of referral
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