Access Healthcare is seeking a travel nurse RN Home Health for a travel nursing job in Wall Township, New Jersey.
Job Description & Requirements
- Specialty: Home Health
- Discipline: RN
- Duration: 13 weeks
- 40 hours per week
- Shift: 8 hours, days
- Employment Type: Travel
Job Summary:
Responsible for providing professional nursing care to patients in their home through assessment, development, implementation and evaluation of home nursing care needs on an individual and continuous basis of assigned patients in accordance with organization policies and procedures and external regulations.
Essential Generic Job Functions (List in order of importance):
-Assure compliance with appropriate physician orders in a timely manner and that visit frequency follows physician orders.
-Assure documentation reflects compliance with physician's orders and addresses progression to goals being met at discharge.
-Assure that assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of patient care follow policy, procedure, and standard of care.
-Assure safe patient care is provided.
-Utilize interdisciplinary team and accurately document all activities.
-Assure clinical judgments and critical thinking reflect professional standards of care and codes of ethics which provide for safe and effective patient outcomes.
-Appropriately document clinical decisions through appropriate system.
-Identify appropriate payors and remain in compliance with authorizations for self and other disciplines as necessary.
-Meet payor source guidelines.
-Maintain visit frequency with authorization range.
-Utilize secure messaging to insurance nurse for all authorizations.
-Assure documentation of assessment, interventions and planning meet organization time lines.
-Complete nursing assessment, medication reconciliation and collaborate with physician on Plan of Care.
-Update care plan within two week period of change in patient status.
-Implement specific teaching strategies to meet established goals on the plan of care.
-Assure documentation reflects appropriate teaching strategies in the medical chart that are consistent with goals and plans.
-Report patient care problems to manager or appropriate nursing management personnel and/or physician in a timely manner with possible solutions.
-Assure documentation indicates case communication.
-Appropriately utilize manager as a resource.
-Act as liaison among physician, Manager of Clinical Practice and other members of the health care team to ensure effective coordination and appropriate resource referrals.
-Assure that coordination of services is effective and meets client's needs.
-Communicate pertinent patient information and Plan of Care during transfers of patient care loads, either on a daily basis or whenever vacation days/time-off are scheduled.
-Complete routine assignments accurately, consistently and independently in a timely manner without the need for supervision.
-Meet productivity requirements on a consistent basis.
-Act as clinical supervisor of para-professional home health aide staff.
-Complete supervisory visits within regulatory time frame and assure visits are documented.
-Participate in the evaluation of home health aide staff.
-Maintain awareness of new/updated standards and incorporate these into nursing practice throughout continuum of care.
-Assure documentation in the medical chart demonstrates knowledge of current practices' guidelines.
-Other duties and/or projects as assigned.
-Adheres to HMH's Organizational competencies and standards of behavior.
-Lifts a minimum of 50 lbs., pushes and pulls a minimum of 50 lbs. and stands a minimum of 8 hours a day.
Access Healthcare Job ID . Pay package is based on 8 hour shifts and 40 hours per week (subject to confirmation) with tax-free stipend amount to be determined.
About Access Healthcare
Access Healthcare aims to provide superior service to our nursing family by providing around the clock support, competitive pay packages and an unmatched benefits package. Unlike other agencies, we offer a true family feel and work with you to find the placement that is right for you. We offer one of the top leading pay packages in the industry and we are ready to get you the money you deserve.
Access Healthcare was founded by two travel nurses, Danielle and Diego, who had a dream and a shared vision of creating an agency which all nurses would want to work with. Our passion has led us to where we are today as one of the top 10 agencies in our home state of New Jersey, with access to contracts in all 50 states. We encourage you to join our team and we cannot wait to get to know you.