Hospice Community Health RN
1 week ago
Essential Job Functions
- Identify patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with potential and actual patients, and other persons in a position to understand care requirements.
- Establish a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to patients and caregivers.
- Promote patient's independence by establishing patient care goals; teaching patient/caregiver to understand condition, medications, and self-care skills; calling for assistance from health care support personnel as indicated.
- Document patient care services by charting in patient and department records.
- Maintain continuity among nursing teams by documenting and communicating actions, irregularities, and continuing needs using Nurse Knowledge Exchange techniques.
- Maintain nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; using equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
- Provide direct and indirect supervision of personal care provided by the Home Health Aides in the patients' homes, in accordance with federal regulation and accrediting bodies.
- Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information; building rapport; participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
Specialty Job Functions
- Mental Health Role - In conjunction with the physician, implements mental health concepts and psychiatric nursing principles in the plan of care.
- Demonstrate knowledge of commitment laws, mental health clinical programming, and community resources.
- Make appropriate referrals based on the nursing assessment and in collaboration with the physician.
- Function as a resource for Agency staff with patients demonstrating mental health issues as a secondary diagnosis.
- Provide overall guidance to Agency staff and managers related to day-to-day operations and long-term use of laptop computers.
- Acquire and distribute educational resources to Agency staff.
- Complete medical conditions reports and forwards to physician for signature.
- Complete non-medical nursing visits for private duty division as required (i.e. medication pre-fills).
- Complete care plans for Options consumers for Westmoreland County area of aging, consumers of the Veteran's Administration H/HHA program and Community Health Choice participants.
- Complete assessments for private duty consumers and completes all associated documentation as requested.
- Function as a liaison between consumers and participants, families, physician, allied health personnel.
- Supervises Direct Care Partners as requests to assure performance of quality care and adherence to care plans and services delivery plans. Documents supervisor visits per regulatory guidelines.
- Interpret extent and limitations of services available from the Private Duty Division of the agency.
- Maternal / Child Nurse Role: Instruct and assess the postpartum patient and newborn for early detection and intervention of complications.
- Maternal / Child Nurse Role: Instruct and assess the newborn and child's physical and emotional development, adjustment, and / or abnormalities and reports to the physician.
- Maternal / Child Nurse Role: Provides prenatal nursing services, which includes instruction, assessment and monitoring of the physical and emotional status of the patient with a high-risk pregnancy for early detection.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited Nursing Program required.
- Strong leadership ability, good organizational skills, independent thinking and decision-making ability, analytical problem solving skills, sound judgment, excellent oral and written communication skills, must be able to function in a team environment, and knowledge of legal aspects and liability of nursing practice.
Preferred Qualifications
- One (1) to two (2) years' RN experience
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
License, Certification & Clearances
- Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania required.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: daylight hours with some weekend shifts per year
- Regular, consistent, on-site and timely attendance.
- Incumbent will be scheduled based on operational need (rotate shifts, standby, on-call, etc.).
- Travel may be expected locally between Excela Health locations.
LEAN
- Actively promotes a Lean work culture by performing team member duties to encourage consistent use of LEAN principles and processes, including continually seeking work process improvements. Recognizes the necessity of taking ownership of one's own motivation, morale, performance and professional development. li>
AAP/EEO
- Excela Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Excela Health to prohibit discrimination of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, non-job related disability, veteran status, or genetic information, or any other protected class. Excela Health will conform to the spirit as well as the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
Work Environment
March 2020 or during pandemic: goggles, face shield and mask are required according to CDC guidelines
When lift requirement is in excess of 50#, lift assistance (2 person) and/or transfer device is required.
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