Home Health Nurse - Los Altos, United States - D'Best Home Health

Description

We are looking for a compassionate Home Health Nurse to provide nursing care in accordance with the patient's plan of care to include comprehensive health and psychosocial evaluation, monitoring of the patient's condition, health promotion and prevention coordination of services, teaching and training activities and direct nursing care.

• Assess and chart observations of the patient's condition at each visit.
• Traveling to a patient's home to administer their services and helping patients maintain their independence
• Complete evaluation tasks, including reviewing medication and vital signs.
• Administer Physicianprescribed medication.
• Dress or redress wounds and assess the healing progress.
• Provide education to patients and families on proper home health care procedures and strategies.
• Coordinate with Physicians, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists and other individuals in the patient's care plan.
• Keep the patient comfortable through palliative care.
• Recommend tools or devices that may improve the quality of life for the patient.
• Administering athome IVs

• Able to communicate in a timely manner with team members.
• Ability to monitor vital signs and to collect specimens
• Familiarity with basic personal hygiene standards
• Proficiency in English
• Nursing and health care administration skills
• Caring and compassionate personality
• Current CPR certificate
• First Aid training
• Valid driver's license
• Valid RN license
• TB Test
• Covid19 Vaccination
• Vaccination Records

• Home Health

• Outpatient

• On call

• Bachelor's (preferred)

• Nursing: 1 year (required)

• BLS Certification (required)
• RN License (required)

• Los Altos, CA: Relocate before starting work (required)