Maternal Child Health Registered Nurse, RN for Home Health

Job Profile Summary 

​This role focuses on providing professional and nonprofessional nursing care services in accordance with physician orders.  In addition, this role focuses on performing the following Home Care Nurse duties: Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates the care needs of a designated group of patients or provides nursing care and identified clinical support tasks within the scope of practice for achievement of the patient’s plan of care as directed.  Provides professional nursing care to patients. Requires a nursing license.   A professional individual contributor role that may direct the work of other lower level professionals or manage processes and programs.  The majority of time is spent overseeing the design, implementation or delivery of processes, programs and policies using specialized knowledge and skills typically acquired through advanced education.   An experienced level role that applies practical knowledge of job area typically obtained through advanced education and work experience.   Works independently with general supervision, problems faced are difficult but typically not complex, and may influence others within the job area through explanation of facts, policies and practices. 

Job Overview 

Utilizing the nursing process, this position will manage and deliver comprehensive home health services to clients with various medical/surgical diagnoses within their place of residence.  Responsible for providing nursing care to patients and education to families in their homes; coordinates activities with other community and Agency staff and carries out special activities on assignment.  As a key member of the health care team, this position must interact courteously and effectively with patients and their families as well as with co-workers from all Agency departments, community resources, and with patients' physicians in order to facilitate safe and efficient patient care.   

Job Description 

Minimum Qualifications: 

1. Massachusetts RN Licensure. 

2. Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

5. One (1) year of acute medical/surgical nursing experience. 

Preferred Qualifications: 

1. Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN). 

2. Professional certification highly encouraged. 

3. Three (3) years of acute medical/surgical experience and/or community health experience. 

4. IV and other high-tech nursing experience. 

5. Health care and medical/surgical experience. 

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties and responsibilities listed below are intended to describe the general nature of work and are not intended to be an all-inclusive list.  Other duties and responsibilities may be assigned. 

1. Assesses and implements physical and psychosocial needs of the patient following established Standards of Nursing Practice and VNA procedures. 

2. Assesses and implements patient/family learning needs, style and limitations