Registered Nurse - Per Visit
U.S. Medical Management (USMM) is an affiliate of a leading Fortune 100 company. A national organization built on a continuum of care with premier healthcare providers, clinicians and patient focused individuals working together. Our Mission – “Through Compassionate Patient-Centered Care in the Home; We will Provide Exceptional Outcomes across our Continuum of Services” – Visiting Physicians Association, Pinnacle Senior Care, Grace Hospice, Comfort Hospice, Home DME & our In Home Health Assessments (IHA).
Our Values of Integrity, Respect, Teamwork & Excellence are leading us to a better tomorrow for patient care. Our Purposes Centered on “We are Unified in our Work through our Continuum of Services” “We can Find Comfort that We are Making a Difference for our Patients” & “We make a Broader Positive Impact on Society”, allows USMM to be poised for a phenomenal future.
We are seeking candidates who desire the experience of delivering quality & compassionate healthcare within proven care models with patients at the forefront of everything we do.
Benefits We Offer for PRN & Per-Visit Opportunities:
Position Description
The Registered Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services; communicates the patient’s progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs non-professional hospice aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Under the Physician’s order, admits patients eligible for hospice services
- Assesses and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients
- Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency intake coordinator, RN Manager and referring physician
- Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems; nursing problems and goals. Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or recertification
- Admits paperwork and patient care plan submitted to RN Manager within 2 days following the admit
- Assures that all admit paperwork is completed in full at time of submission for timely data entry of IDG/POC information
- Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching, and training activities as outlined in the patient IDG Plan of Care
- Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way
- Reports significant findings to patient’s Physician and RN Manager as they occur
- Submits completed skilled nursing notes; communication notes and hospice aide supervisory notes per policy
- Submits change orders within 48 hours of occurrence
- Submits recertification paperwork by the due date provided by the RN Manager
- Schedules an IDT meeting with assigned RN Manager to review patient’s needs, problems, level of care and any changes in Plan of Care for next cert period
- Completes communication note documenting plans for recertification were discussed and agreed upon between the Physician, patient, and RN Manager
- Completes other required documents for recertification: new Medication Profile, updates Care Plan, and updates or completes new Hospice Aide Plan of Care, if applicable
- Performs hospice aide supervisory visit at least q 2 weeks and once per cert period with hospice aide present
- Effectively communicates with all members of the healthcare team
- Acts as the patient’s advocate and as such is a liaison to assist in communicating the patient’s needs to the multidisciplinary team
- Supervises the hospice aide every 14 days. Provides direction and instruction as it relates to provision of personal care and related support services
- Completes documentation on hospice aide supervisory notes
- Reports identified performance related problems; patient complaints and/or deviation from the Hospice Aide instruction sheet to the RN Manager
- Acts as a preceptor in the orientation of new nursing staff
- Attends staff meetings and educational in-services per agency requirements
- Continually strives to improve nursing care by broadening knowledge through formal education, attendance at workshops, conferences and participation in professional and related organizations and individual research reading
- Obtains CEU’s as dictated by the State Board of Nurses
- Attends at least 50% of the skilled nurse in-services and meetings provided by agency
- Is responsible for obtaining information provided at skilled nurse in-services and meetings and demonstrates appropriate follow-up related to information given at meetings and in-services
- Participates in PI program through submission of data collection as it relates to direct patient care problems and serving on PI teams
- Follows agency policies and procedures
- Participates in discharge planning process
- Documents Discharge Planning beginning with admit and documents at least 2 weeks in advance instructions given related to discharge
- Completes:
- Patient Care Plan
- Discharge Nurse’s Note and submits them along with other notes turned in per agency policy
REQUIRED Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- Is currently licensed in the state of practice or in accordance with the Board of Nurse Examiners rules for Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), and
- Current driver’s license and automobile in good working condition with proof of auto insurance
- Ability to work in a field setting and exhibited ability to make sound nursing judgment
- Ability to assess patient needs and formulate individualized patient care plans to meet those needs
- Effective communication skills
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
- One year experience as a professional nurse
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Benefits:
Medical Specialty:
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Education:
Experience:
- Nursing: 1 year (Preferred)
License/Certification:
- RN (Required)
- Driver's License (Required)
Work Location: Multiple Locations