What are the responsibilities and job description for the HH RN position at Kings Daughters Hospital And Health Services?
JOB SUMMARY
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Coordinates total nursing care for the patients at home, participates in patient and family teaching and provides leadership by working cooperatively with ancillary nursing and care team personnel in maintaining standards for professional nursing practice in the home.
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Home Health positions providing direct patient care in the patient home will maintain the following:
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keep their assigned Home Health provided cell phone with them and turned on at all times during their scheduled shifts
keep their assigned Ever-Bridge phone application on and utilize in accordance to Home Health guidelines
keep their assigned Safety Connection badge charged and with them at all times during their scheduled shifts and will utilize Safety Connection badge in accordance to Home Health guidelines
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Minimum requirement:
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Graduate from an accredited school of nursing for Registered Nurses.
Maintains active RN license in the Commonwealth of Kentucky (or other eNLC state with multistate privileges)
Achieves and maintains American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS).
Minimum 2 years clinical nursing experience.
Current driver's license and daily access to a reliable vehicle.
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Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
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Constantly works near moving mechanical parts
Constantly exposed to blood and/or body fluids and infection.
Occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals
Occasionally exposed to risk of radiation
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Constantly required to operate a motor vehicle long distances in urban and rural areas.
Occasionally exposed to unpleasant home environments
Occasionally exposed to adverse weather and unsafe road conditions
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Occasionally required to maintain in a stationary position (standing or sitting).
Frequently required to walk and move about.
Frequently required to operate a computer and other equipment.
Frequently required to use fine motor skills to handle and operate instruments/devices.
Constantly required to lift and/or move items up to 10 pounds.
Frequently required to lift and/or move items up to 50 pounds.
Occasionally required to lift and/or move items up to 100 pounds.
Constantly required to communicate with patients and other care team requiring talking and hearing.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception.
Occasionally required to position self in order to meet patient needs.
Frequently required to position self in order to meet patient needs