What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Care Field Nurse position at Constant Care Health Services LLC?
Constant Care Health Services is a Licensed Home Care Agency located in the Bronx. We are currently seeking a Part Time RN Field Nurse to join our Team!
This position requires expertise in the areas of patient and family assessment, determining appropriateness of and acceptance for home health services, coordination of services given by other health care providers and knowledge of state regulations.
Qualifications:
- Currently Licensed and Registered in the State of New York as a Registered Professional Nurse
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides assessment of newly referred clients, assesses health needs and eligibility for home care
- Provides patient and family teaching prior to discharge and on an on-going basis
- Performs patient assessments in the home and document in EMR timely.
- Provides skilled nursing on assigned clients according to medical orders, and policies and procedures
- Communicates with referrers/discharge planners to review eligibility for agency services and to develop and coordinate the plan of care
- Assists referring agents in alternate plans for ineligible clients
- Develops and implements treatment plans in conjunction with patient's authorized medical practitioner
- Create HHA plan of care and discuss the same with the assigned aide
- Supervise all involved disciplines in the plan of treatment
- Do performance eval of the assigned aides, supervision of the aides and their competencies
- Other duties as deemed appropriate
- Performs other nursing activities as directed
*MUST BE COVID VACCINATED*
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