Quality Assurance Nurse

Home Health Quality Assurance Nurse

Home Care Services of Northwest Indiana is adding a QA Nurse to our growing home health team in Michigan City, IN. If you have a valid LPN license and would like an administrative position, this may be just what you are looking for. We have a full-time position available. Apply now!

We’re looking for a QA Nurse to be the advocate for both our home bound patients and our home health organization. Our QA Nurse functions as the liaison between the patient, provider, and payer. This person will commonly perform audits, inspections, and other assessments of our home health services to ensure that we meet all relevant requirements.

Requirements:

• Graduate of nursing school and currently holding an LPN license.
• 1 year of previous nursing experience, preferred.
• Work closely with the Director of Nursing and Agency Administrator to ensure that documentation is submitted in a timely manner, properly coded, and meets a quality standard.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Strong ability to use critical thinking and deduction when performing job tasks.
• Ability to review clinical records for consistency, compliance with regulation, quality of documentation, coordination of the multidisciplinary plan of care, and clinical outcomes.
• Meticulous accuracy.

Job Responsibilities:

• Complete clinical record review at the start of care, resumption of care, recertification, and discharge for complete and accurate documentation, development of appropriate discipline-specific care plan, accurate physician orders, and coordination of care and compliance with Medicare and state regulations.
• Completes all documentational reviews within agency-defined deadlines.
• Demonstrates understanding of current Medicare guidelines and ensures that clinical records are compliant with COPs; maintains agency in survey-ready status.
• Demonstrates proficiency in use of the EMR and other web-based programs.
• Provides expertise in OASIS, records review, participates in staff education and onboarding programs.

Job Type: Full-time (In-person/office setting)

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour (Compensation is based on experience)

COVID-19 considerations:
Limited on the job exposure. Masks are required with all patient contact.

Home Care Services of Northwest Indiana provided the following inclusive hiring information: We are an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants equally without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $20.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off

Medical specialties:

• Home Health

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Michigan City, IN 46360: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Experience:

• Nursing: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• LPN (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $25