Job Description
Certification Details
- BLS
- California State Nursing License
Job Details
- Conduct Home Health Nursing assessments to determine nursing, personal care, and equipment needs in the home.
- Regularly re-evaluate participant nursing needs.
- Initiate and revise the plan of care based on participant status and needs.
- Develop care plans incorporating therapeutic, preventative, and rehabilitative nursing actions.
- Include participant and family in care planning process.
- Deliver and document home health nursing interventions as per care plans.
- Instruct participants, family, and caregivers on disease processes, self-care, and prevention strategies.
- Remain alert to input from team members and update interdisciplinary team on participant condition changes.
- Work with providers and interdisciplinary team to manage care transitions between settings.
- Identify and implement discharge planning needs.
- Instruct, supervise, and evaluate home health aide care biweekly.
- Participate in end-of-life care coordination and support.
- Provide backup coverage to other nursing functions.
- Perform duties consistent with Nursing Practice Act and California Code of Regulations.
- Willingness and ability to work varied schedules including evenings, nights, weekends, and overtime.
- Complete required documentation timely and accurately.
- Protect privacy and maintain confidentiality of company procedures and participant information.
- Follow company policies, participate in quality improvement activities, staff training, and meetings.
- Communicate regularly with supervisor and team regarding workload and priorities.
- Complete mandated trainings, education, and occupational health screenings timely.
- Exercise flexibility in assignments as business needs evolve.
Job Requirements
- Nursing knowledge and skills to treat frail, elderly participants and manage complex clinical situations.
- Ability to initiate venous access for IV hydration or lab draws.
- Experience administering IM, SC, or transdermal injections and providing wound care.
- Highly motivated, self-directed, able to make sound decisions in emergency situations.
- Excellent clinical, organizational, and communication skills with seniors, families, and interdisciplinary teams.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience and competency working with diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Commitment to supporting vulnerable seniors.
- Preferred: Minimum two years nursing experience in clinical setting with frail or elderly population.
- Preferred: Home health agency experience.
- Preferred: Bilingual English/Spanish.
Schedule Information
- Willingness and ability to work varied schedule including evenings, nights, weekends, and overtime.
Additional Details
- Commitment to unlocking the full potential of vulnerable seniors.
Job Tags
Night shift, Afternoon shift,