at HomeLife Healthcare in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Summary: Provides services to clients in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act, Agency policy, and accepted professional standards of practice.
The Registered Nurse provides nursing services utilizing a comprehensive base of nursing theory and nursing process, and communicates/documents observations and assessments
Job Duties:
- Assumes responsibility and accountability for the practice of professional nursing in accordance with the State Nurse Practice Act and standards for home health
- Performs comprehensive assessments of client status, including physical, psychosocial, and environmental
- Completes comprehensive assessments including OASIS data set within forty-eight (48) hours of referral for speech therapy unless other arrangements are
- Develops and/or follows an individualized Plan of Care that incorporates analysis of data and current scientific
- Provides skilled interventions with a focus for achieving realistic client outcomes within a specified time
- Reports changes and information necessary to modify and update the care plan to reflect progress towards goals (outcomes).
- Consistently demonstrates competency with technical nursing skills according to personal and legal scope of practice:
- Assessment skills as applied to the client, family/support system, and
- Teaching skills according to the client's needs and within the context of the client's environment, value system, and physical/emotional
- Medication
- Practices nursing with respect for individual, cultural, and spiritual
- Communicates effectively and in accordance with Agency
- Reports significant changes in client status to physician and other members of the team in a timely manner consistent with client
- Maintains client records showing systematic assessment, planning intervention, and
- Participates in team meetings and clarifies individualized reporting responsibilities with all new
- Documents legibly and according to Agency documentation guidelines and
- Follows Agency guidelines for completion of forms, reflecting the orders and care plan. Submits forms weekly including all communication and
- Initiates actions to improve the quality of patient care. Takes appropriate actions independently and responsively in-home care situations. Initiates referrals as needed to other health team members when delegated by the Case
- Perform other duties as assigned
