Professional Staff Nurse

UPMC Home Health is currently hiring a Part-Time Registered Nurse (RN) to support the McKeesport, West Mifflin, Swissvale, and Squirrel Hill areas

This is a Monday-Friday daylight position with On Call, Weekend, and Holiday rotations required!

Responsibilities:

• Attend compliance training and adhere to the organization's standards of conduct, policies, and procedures.
• Focuses on customer service and continually strives to perform the duties of their job in a manner that will result in optimal patient satisfaction. Assigns other nursing personnel, including LPNs and Aides to assist in the appropriate delivery of services as ordered in the plan of care to the patient. Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel including LPNs and Home Health Aides. Identifies, investigates, and recommends solutions to organizational issues. Identifies any deficits or exceptional performance issues of other nursing personnel, LPNs, and Aides, and recommends solutions. Proven ability to facilitate change.
• Coordinates case management activities within a multi-disciplinary health care team to insure appropriate delivery of services to patients.
• Initiates, coordinates and insures ongoing communication with the physician and other members of the health care team.
• Attends and participates in patient care conferences, team meetings, and other related meetings. Performs duties and job responsibilities in a fashion which coincides with the service management philosophy of UPMC Home Health Care towards patients, visitors, staff, peers, physicians, and other departments within the organization.
• Identifies develops and participates in process improvement opportunities within the home health agency that will enhance the quality of the services we provide.
• Provides direct patient care, evaluates outcomes, and adjusts nursing care process as indicated to ensure optimal patient care. Initiates coordinates and evaluates patient and family-centered health teaching.
• Establishes the plan of care in collaboration with the physician, patient, and UM Professional in accordance with the physician's orders and patient needs. Advises and consults with family and other agency personnel, as appropriate.
• Completes documentation including visit assessment, OASIS, 485, and Verbal Orders accurately and promptly on the laptop device or in written documentation while in the patient's home and within the agency's and regulatory standards. Data syncs (transmits) information same day. Exercise independent judgment in matters concerning emergent and non-emergent patient care needs and communicate with the physician Participate in on-call coverage rotation for the agency