Registered Nurse - DOH

Job Summary :

Provides direct patient care to an adult or pediatric patient at the home setting. To carry out clinical practice ensuring that high quality, current evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, implementation, interventions, and evaluations for patients are provided from admission through to discharge.

Job Responsibility :

Assesses initially the patient s condition and family to determine home care needs and identify a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness (es).

Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions. Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.

Review and updates as needed the comprehensive assessment, clinical notes, Physician Summaries, Plan of Care, and communicate patient status changes and updates to the primary physician regularly.

Communicates with the physician regarding the patient s needs and reports any changes in the patient s condition; obtains/receives physician s orders as required.

Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.

Follows the medication rights to reduce the potential for medication errors

Monitors the patient s progress toward goals; collaborates with the multidisciplinary team to promote patient safety and compliance to the Plan of Care.

Initiates appropriate preventive and clinical nursing procedures. Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.

Provides skilled care and instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.

Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.

Acts as Case Manager when assigned by Clinical Supervisor and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.

Requirements

DOH/HAAD License as Registered Nurse

Familiar and experienced with DOH-HAAD policies and procedures

Broad knowledge of evidence-based practices

Benefits