RN Weekend Position

3 days ago

Greensburg, Pennsylvania, United States Excela Health Full time
Job Summary

The Registered Nurse (RN) Weekend Position at Excela Health is a dynamic opportunity to provide exceptional patient care in a home health setting. As a key member of our team, you will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for a designated group of patients, promoting positive patient outcomes and efficient agency operation.

Essential Job Functions
  • 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, and answering questions.
  • Maintain safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations, and 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, anticipating needed supplies, placing and expediting orders for supplies, verifying receipt of supplies, and 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.
  • Resolve patient problems and needs by utilizing multidisciplinary team strategies.
  • Maintain a cooperative relationship among health care teams by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport, participating in team continuous quality improvement and problem-solving methods.
  • Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
Specialty Job Functions
  • Understand the Hospice philosophy and perform care accordingly to enhance the quality of life of the terminally ill patient.
  • Maintain and demonstrate an understanding of the Hospice benefit and complies with regulatory conditions of participation.
  • Follow established guidelines for pain and symptom management to enhance quality of life.
  • Educate patients/caregivers regarding the care needs at the end-of-life, including palliative care measures.
  • Function as a primary nurse and core member of the Interdisciplinary Group to develop a plan of care that addresses the physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of the terminally ill patient and their family.
  • Assess eligibility for Hospice care and obtains the informed consent prior to the initiation of services.
  • Implement mental health concepts and psychiatric nursing principles in the plan of care.
  • Provide supportive psychotherapy.
  • 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.
  • Ensure the process includes education about safely and effectively using medication, pain, and pain management.
  • 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.
  • Provide guidance and training for Direct Care Partners as needed.
  • Interpret extent and limitations of services available from the Private Duty Division of the agency.
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.
  • One (1) to two (2) year's prior hospice and/or oncology experience; Hospice and Palliative Care Certification.
  • Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing.
License, Certification & Clearances
  • Current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Pennsylvania required.
  • Current Basic Life Support (BLS) approved curriculum of the American Heart Association (CPR and AED) program required.
  • Act 33 with renewal.
  • Act 34 with renewal.
  • Act 73 FBI Clearance.
  • Valid Pennsylvania Driver's License (if out of state hire current Department of Motor Vehicle record report required and obtain PA Current Driver License within 30 days of hire).
Supervisory Responsibilities
  • This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but may serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
  • 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. Strives for behavior consistent with being committed to Excela's missions, vision, and values.
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.
  • Ability to perform the Essential Functions listed on the Physical Conditions and ability to perform the Essential Functions on the Working Condition chart below.

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