Registered Nurse - Life-In Home Nursing - FT - Day

Work Shift:

Capital Health is the region's leader in providing progressive, quality patient care with significant investments in our exceptional physicians, nurses and staff, as well as advance technology. Capital Health is a five-time Magnet-Recognized health system for nursing excellence and is comprised of 2 hospitals. Capital Health Medical Group is made up of more than 250 physicians and other providers who offer primary and specialty care, as well as hospital-based services, to patients throughout the region.

Position Overview:

• Homecare RN delivers quality care to patients through a team effort in working with others through the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation in the home setting.
• Assures patient safety by executing appropriate policies & procedures.
• Provides appropriate support for pain management, pharmacological and non-pharmacological measures. Assist patient/family in identifying individualized comfort measure.
• No OASIS assessments required.
• Follows up on internal resources to determine the outcome of interventions completed by other departments.
• Mobilizes resources in complex cases to maximize patients control and participation over his/her own recovery.
• Provides information and interpretation of the patient's condition and offers coping mechanisms. Provides these to both patient and family.
• Assesses how much information a participant wants and needs while utilizing a vocabulary and approach that enables the participant to successfully process the care and course of treatment.
• Formulates and documents a discharge plan that maximizes the patient's ability to continue with meaningful life activities.
• Integrates assessment and diagnostic information with intuition to foresee potential age-specific healthcare needs. Anticipates participants needs.
• Ensures handoff communication and includes a report in terms of the situations most likely to develop and the problems awaiting patient.
• Identifies proactively issues to be resolved related to patient education for medication management. Provide discharge planning which includes instructions on discharge medications.
• Uses discretionary judgment to appropriately modify patient care regimens. Facilitates appropriate response from other health care team members to provide quality and safe care.
• Explores multiple aspects of care regimen with case manager and health care providers to promote appropriate resolution.
• Plans and provides unique and individualized comfort measures while utilizing intuitive and innovative approaches which are scientifically sound and are a result of evidenced based practice.
• Participates in performance improvement activities at the unit and/or hospital wide level.
• Participates in unit level effort to achieve successful Patient Satisfaction scores and has an awareness of the HCAAPS measurements.
• Performs any other related duties as required or assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree in nursing or associate degree in nursing with current RN experience and enrolled in a BSN program may be considered.
• AHA BLS - Healthcare Provider
• NO ON CALL
• Car, car insurance, car registration
• Full time opportunity, holiday & weekend rotation
• Frequent physical demands include: Push/Pull , Twisting , Bending , Reaching forward , Reaching overhead , Squat/kneel/crawl , Wrist position deviation , Pinching/fine motor activities , Keyboard use/repetitive motion , Taste or Smell

Offers are contingent upon successful completion of our onboarding process and pre-employment physical.  Capital Health will require all applicants (including contractors, travelers and consultants) to have an annual flu vaccine prior to start date, with the exception of individuals with medical and religious exemptions.

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