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Community Care is currently seeking a part time weekend RN. Nurse would be responsible for intermittent visits with patients throughout Westmoreland County. Company car available for patient visits. Flexible weekend schedule.

Home health and Oasis experience preferred.

Friday, Saturday and Sunday - Flexible scheduling - Make your own schedule

POSITION SUMMARY: The registered nurse is a licensed health care professional who administers skilled nursing care to patients requiring intermittent visits or shift-based care. Assesses patients for personal care and non-clinical activities. S/he provides complex care, as required, and assists in the supervision of paraprofessional staff. Nurses who serve as primary nurses utilize a case manager approach with responsibilities for assessing, implementing, coordinating and evaluating patient care.

RESPONSIBLE TO: Director of Professional Services or designee.

I CLINICAL SKILLS

1. Provides skilled nursing care, as outlined in the plan of care, including nursing activities such as assessment, reassessment, teaching, treatments, medication administration and health promotion practices requiring substantial specialized skill, including IV therapy and total parenteral nutrition.


2. Utilizes preventive, rehabilitative and restorative nursing procedures appropriate for the patient's care and safety.


3. Assesses signs and symptoms in conjunction with reporting to the physician, reactions to treatments, including drugs, and changes in patient's physical or emotional condition.


4. Teaches, supervises and counsels the patient and family members regarding the care requirements of the patient and related health teaching.


5. Conducts a brief physical examination and assessment of the patient at each visit.


6. Identifies supplies needed and arranges for their delivery.


7. Maintains environmental safety.


8. When serving in a care manager role:

• • Admits the patient to service, interpreting nursing, therapy, social work, and home health aide services of the agency and evaluating for their need; planning with the patient/family for care, conducting (after training) a comprehensive admission assessment that meets agency guidelines and the OASIS data set, identifying informal caregiver assistance, and discharge planning.
  
  
  • Assesses ongoing care needs, identifying recertification needs, as necessary.
  
  
  • Coordinates care among all disciplines and services provided.
  
  
  • Supervises and evaluates the care given by the home health aide to her/his primary patients at a minimum of once every 14 days if skilled care is being provided and every 60 days if personal care and/or non-clinical care is provided as an exclusive service. Performs monthly supervisory visits on skilled clients as needed.Participates in the performance evaluation and competency assessment of home health aides who are providing services to patients.
  
  
  
  

II DOCUMENTATION

1. Completes the comprehensive admission assessment that includes the OASIS data set when appropriate, submitting these within one working day.


2. Completes all clinical documentation and related recording on the day of the visit, submitting it for incorporation into the clinical electronic record.


3. Updates medication profile on an ongoing basis.


4. Reassesses the patient, completing physician orders, and recertfication or resumption of care information including the OASIS data set as appropriate, submitting it for data entry within the required timeline.


5. Completes the transfer and/or discharge summary, including the OASIS data set as appropriate submitting it for data entry within the required timeline.


6. Completes inventories and orders for required supplies, as necessary.


7. Completes the Time Slip record appropriately as needed.

III COMMUNICATION

1. Consults the attending physician, reporting: a summary of the patient's condition and needs such as patient problems and how these may be resolved; patient needs and how these can be met including involvement of the health team such as the HHA, PT, SLP, OT and social work.


2. Obtains orders from the physician and submits referral to appropriate personnel, i.e., physical therapy, speech/language pathology, occupational therapy, medical social service and home health aide care.


3. Calls the supervising RN or designee with any immediate patient clinical needs.


4. Provides monthly availability in a timely manner to the office.


5. Coordinates patient care and services, serving as the primary nurse for designated patients and evaluating the effectiveness and the appropriateness of care.


6. Participates in care review conferences.


7. Participates with other staff nurses in taking weekend, evening, holiday calls, on a rotating basis as scheduled.


8. Cooperates with other agencies providing related services to provide continuity of care and to implement a comprehensive care plan.


9. Maintains confidentiality of client information adhering to HIPAA regulations.

IV PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

1. Maintains a professional standard of conduct, projecting a positive image of the agency at all times.


2. Complies with infection control and safety policies and procedures.


3. Adheres to all policies and practices of the agency to maintain established Standards for Care.


4. Adheres to all policies set forth in the Nurse Practice Act and the nursing practice standards in order to maintain safe clinical practice.

V PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1. Continually strives to improve care by broadening and deepenirig knowledge through formal education , attendance at workshops, conferences, participation in professional and related organizations and individual study and reading.


2. Attends annual mandatory staff education sessions.


3. Participates in staff meetings, care conferences, additional education training and the Performance Improvement Program, as appropriate.


4. Presents inservice education sessions, as requested.

IV OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED

VII QUALIFICATIONS

1. Registered professional nurse with a current valid Pennsylvania license.


2. Minimum of six (6) months of current experience as a professional nurse in a relevant area. One year preferred.


3. Graduate of a state-approved School of Nursing.


4. Current CPR card.


5. When required to travel from one assignment to another on the same day, a reliable, independent means of transportation is required. Drivers must have a valid driver's license and car insurance limits adhering to the limits established in the personnel policies. Drivers attain and retain an acceptable motor vehicle report.


6. Obtains and retains a clear criminal history report, Childline, FBI, OIG, Medicheck, EPLS and any additional required regulatory clearances.

COMMUNITY CARE MISSION AND VALUES COMMITMENT

Our mission is to provide safe, effective, high quality medical care, that is cost effective and patient friendly to the community. We believe that empowering our employees to deliver the most exceptional health care each and every day is the only way this can be done.

We value and promote a practice setting that is built on trust. Each employee is responsible for adhering to the mission and values of Community Care, Inc.

CORE VALUES: C.A.R.E.

Commitment: Be committed to your job as a healthcare provider. It's more than a vocation, it's a calling.

Attitude: Maintain a positive attitude in the workplace at all times, knowing that a positive attitude is the cornerstone of exceptional healthcare.

Reliability: Be a reliable employee that others can count on and look up to.

Empathy: Be a compassionate caregiver, always able to put the patient first.