Home Health RN

Overview
Join our dedicated healthcare team as a Home Health Registered Nurse (RN), where your expertise will directly impact patients' lives by providing compassionate, comprehensive care in their homes. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to work independently while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to promote health, recovery, and well-being. As a Home Health RN, you will deliver personalized nursing services, educate patients and families, and ensure safe and effective care tailored to individual needs. Your energetic approach and commitment to excellence will help foster positive health outcomes and enhance quality of life for diverse patient populations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough patient assessments, including vital signs, physical examinations, and detailed health histories to develop personalized care plans.
• Administer medications, injections, IV infusions, and perform catheter care following strict aseptic techniques and medical documentation standards.
• Manage complex wound care procedures such as suturing, ostomy care, and dressing changes while adhering to infection control protocols.
• Utilize electronic health record (EHR) systems like Epic or Cerner for accurate documentation of patient interactions, treatment plans, and progress notes.
• Provide education on disease management, medication administration, nutrition, mobility assistance, and health coaching tailored to individual needs.
• Coordinate discharge planning and collaborate with physicians and case managers to ensure seamless transitions of care across settings like hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, or outpatient clinics.
• Respond promptly to triage calls or urgent situations involving acute pain management, infectious disease care, or behavioral health concerns in the home environment.

Skills

• Proficiency with EMR/EHR systems such as Epic or Cerner for efficient documentation and communication.
• Strong knowledge of physiology, anatomy, pharmacology, and medical terminology relevant to home healthcare.
• Experience with diverse clinical procedures including IV insertion, phlebotomy, tube feeding management, ventilator support, and laboratory specimen collection/processing.
• Familiarity with specialized areas such as hospice & palliative medicine, geriatrics—including memory care—and working with individuals with developmental disabilities or disabilities.
• Ability to perform comprehensive patient assessments in various settings like acute care hospitals (including Level I & II trauma centers), nursing homes, outpatient clinics or urgent care centers.
• Excellent critical thinking skills for triage decisions and emergency response in home settings; capable of managing complex cases involving trauma medicine or infectious diseases.
• Knowledge of Workers' Compensation law and HIPAA compliance to ensure legal and ethical standards are maintained at all times. Join us in delivering exceptional home healthcare services that empower patients to live healthier lives! We value energetic professionals who are committed to making a difference through compassionate nursing practice across diverse environments—bringing expertise in acute care, long-term care experience, hospital medicine, pediatric or neonatal care as needed—and always prioritizing patient safety and well-being.

Pay: $50.00 - $150.00 per hour

Work Location: In person