Home Care RN

Job Title: Registered Nurse – Home Care (Home Care RN)

FLSA Exemption Status: Non-Exempt

State/Business Line Specific: Home Care

Reports to: Home Care Manager

Supervises: N/A

Job Summary

The Registered Nurse provides skilled nursing care in accordance with InnovAge policies and all applicable regulations to participants and performs related administrative tasks for InnovAge.

Essential Functions and Work Responsibilities

Functional Category: Participant Nursing
Estimated Percent of time Spent – 100%

• Triages participant and staff phone calls to s to determine priority of care and routes accordingly.
• Schedules outside appointments for participants when necessary.
• Assists in the examination, testing and treatment of participants.
• Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries
• Implements orders written by primary care physician(s).
• Instructs participants and family regarding medications and treatment instructions.
• Schedules specialist and other appointments for participants and assists in hospital admissions.
• Performs general nursing care on participants including administering prescribed medications and treatments.
• Documents all necessary information and maintains participant medical record(s) and fulfills agency charting and reporting requirements.
• Administers medications, provides training in self-administration of all non-scheduled medications and monitors medication compliance.
• Provides health counseling to participants and their families on an individual or group basis.
• Assists in the examination, assessment, evaluation testing and treatment of participants.
• Observes, records, and reports participant’s condition and reaction to drugs and treatments to physicians
• Perform nursing care to clients in their place of residence.
• Assess and re-assess participants to determine individual needs and to ensure the least restrictive environment.
• Assesses participants to determine change in condition that necessitates a change in level of care and coordinates the plan of care with Home Care resources.
• Furnishes those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skill.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes for each client visit and summaries of care conferences for clients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
• Conducts client care conferences on clients assigned to his/her care.
• Participates in peer review and quality management as assigned.
• Participates in utilization review of medical records as assigned.
• Processes orders and notifies physicians of client needs and changes in condition. Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual client.
• Ensure that quality care is delivered by home care team to site participants via periodic participant/caregiver inquiry, intermittent review of care plan, and trending of data from various reports/supervisory visits in collaboration with the Home Care Manager.
• Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social Worker for those clients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises the LPN every 30-days and supervises the HHA/CNA every 14-days (or per regulatory requirements) and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Additional work functions and duties may be assigned

Travel Requirements

Travel

• Travel may be required
• Overnight travel may include local or out of state

Relocation

• Must be open to relocation based on business necessity

Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

REQUIRED

Education

• Associate’s degree in nursing

Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation

• Current State issued Registered Nurses License required.
• Current CPR certification or the ability to obtain CPR certification is required.
• Require personal transportation, current state issued driver’s license, good driving record and auto insurance as required by law.

Work Experience and Qualifications

• A minimum of one year working with the frail or elderly is required
• Bi-lingual-Spanish, Russian, Punjabi or Hmong Preferred

PREFERRED

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing

Licensure, Certification, Registration or Designation

• Certification as a Gerontological Nurse

Work Experience and Qualifications

• Three years of health care experience with emphasis in geriatrics

Other Knowledge Skills and Abilities Required

Computer Skills

• Must be computer proficient and possess experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be able to quickly learn specific software and new applications.

Mathematical/Financial Skills

• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Able to analyze data and statistics and draw reasonable conclusions and compile accurate reports.

Language Skills

• Ability to read, analyze and interpret regulations and other documents.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively and tactfully present information to, and communicate with, co-workers, employees, and others.
• Possess exceptional English written and verbal communication skills, including accurate grammar and business correspondence knowledge.
• Ability to read and write memos, reports, and correspondence that conform to prescribed style and format.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to define problems, collects data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.

Other Skills and Abilities:

• Able to establish and maintain cooperative and positive working relationships.
• Organized, detail-oriented, diplomatic, proactive, self-motivated, dependable, and driven by excellence.
• Even-tempered and able to balance multiple tasks in accordance with changing deadlines and priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work sensitively and effectively with individuals of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds.

InnovAge Service Standards Requirements
Safety

• Safety- Maintains a safe work place. Reports all unsafe work conditions to supervisor and/or Safety & Loss Control Manager and works in conjunction with supervisor, Safety & Loss Control Manager, and staff to correct unsafe work conditions. Follows and enforces all safety policies.

Accountability

• Commitment – Commits to his/her job and to the success of the company. Continuously puts forth the effort to achieve goals and continuous quality improvement. Degree to which employee goes the extra step to ensure job/task completion. Takes initiative to offer ideas to improve processes or results.
• Cooperativeness – Consistently supports management decisions as demonstrated by his/her actions. Demonstrates a “can do” attitude by responding positively to instructions. Follows instructions and works harmoniously with others to complete the job or task.
• Attendance – Meets or exceeds punctuality and attendance expectations/requirements. Faithfully reports to work and conforms to scheduled work hours. When necessitated, follows call-in procedures and informs others of absences.

Caring

• Customer Service - Embraces the organization's commitment to internal and external customer service and demonstrates a customer-centric approach when interacting with co-workers, participants, clients, and all other business contacts.
• Confidentiality – Maintains confidentiality of employee, participant, and client data/information, and any other sensitive organization information as appropriate.

Integrity

• Adherence to Company Policy – Follows and enforces guidelines as established by policies. Conforms to company and job standards and requirements. Shows respect for others. Acts in the best interests of the company at all times. Serves as an example for others. Conducts business in an ethical fashion.
• Reliability – Completes responsibilities with minimal direct supervision. Follows through with assigned jobs and tasks all the way through completion. Puts forth the effort to achieve goals and objectives under varying circumstances.
• Alignment with Company Goals & Objectives – Supports the organization’s mission, vision, and values and holding self-accountable for applying these principles daily and personally living them when working with co workers, participants, clients, and all other business contacts.

Quality

• Quantity of Work / Productivity – Produces at a high volume. Always puts forth the effort to maximize productivity. Meets or exceeds established work deadlines. Engages in a productive work effort whenever possible. Meets goals and objectives.
• Quality of Work – Produces work that is accurate and reliable. Accomplishes work quickly and efficiently. Works in a thorough and organized manner while minimizing down time. Results are consistently within acceptable quality standards.
• Job Knowledge – Demonstrates a thorough understanding of his/her job processes and procedures. Integrates knowledge to efficiently accomplish job requirements. Efficiently uses resources (including staff and management) to obtain additional knowledge.
• Communication – Exhibits good interpersonal skills. Develops and fosters professional relationships with co-workers, participants, clients, and vendors. Keeps others informed as directed by operational demands and need-to-know. Keeps self informed of announcement made via established company venues

Physical Demands /Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Must possess mobility to work in a standard office setting, or clinical setting, and use standard office equipment, including a computer, and medical equipment; vision/sight (close distance, long distance, depth and peripheral) to assess emergency situations, including medical incidents and to read printed materials and a computer screen; and hearing and speech to communicate in person, before groups, and over the telephone. Depending on assignment, standing in work areas and walking between work areas may be required, and travel to visit various cultural, physical, behavioral and environmental settings may be required. Finger dexterity is needed to access, enter, and retrieve data using a computer keyboard, typewriter keyboard, or calculator and to operate standard office and medical equipment. Positions in this classification occasionally bend, stoop, kneel, reach, push, and pull drawers open and closed to retrieve and file information. Employees must possess the ability to lift, carry, push, and pull materials and objects up to 100 pounds. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals on a case-by-case basis.

WORKING CONDITIONS
Employees primarily work in an office environment with moderate noise levels and controlled temperature. Employees may work outdoors and are occasionally exposed to loud noise levels and cold and/or hot temperatures. Incumbents may be exposed to blood and body fluids in the performance of their assigned duties. Employees may interact with members of the public or with staff under emotionally stressful conditions while interpreting and enforcing departmental policies and procedures.

MATERIALS, TOOLS EQUIPMENT, WORK AIDS
May require use of wheelchair, medical equipment, gait belts, sliding board, bedside commode, shower equipment, and other work aids

STRESS FACTORS
May require working under stressful conditions. May experience pressure to meet scheduled deadlines. There may be distractions such as phone calls, work interruptions, and communication from co-workers. Respond and intervene appropriately to multiple interruptions. Working conditions may be noisy and crowded and expose employee to fluctuating indoor temperatures, and humidity around showers/bathrooms.


40/week