Job Posting: Registered Nurse

Breakthrough Healthcare

Job Description

Breakthrough Healthcare is excited to offer a key opportunity for a dedicated and skilled Registered Nurse to join our dynamic healthcare team. This pivotal role centers on providing top-quality medical care and support to our patients within their homes. As an integral component of our healthcare services, this position demands a high degree of professionalism, empathy, and a commitment to patient wellness. This is not a remote job; our ideal candidate will be performing hands-on healthcare services directly interacting with patients in their personal environments to facilitate their recovery and enhance their quality of life.

The ideal candidate will thrive in a varied and sometimes challenging environment, adapting to the needs of patients while consistently maintaining a high standard of care and compliance with medical regulations. This role requires regular travel to patient homes, ensuring a responsive and adaptive approach to individual patient needs.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Perform the initial home care patient visit and regularly re-evaluate the patient’s needs and progress.
• Initiate the plan of care under doctor’s orders.
• Perform admission, transfer, re-certification, resumption of care, and discharge Oasis for the home care patient.
• Observe, assess, and document symptoms, reactions, and patient progress.
• Educate patients and caregivers on disease process, medications, plan of care, and individualized treatment plans.
• Educate patients and caregiver on techniques for in-home health care.
• Coordinate patient services and supervise LVNs and HHA’s.
• Notify the physician and other personnel of changes in the patient’s condition.
• Perform skills outlined in the agency’s approved policy and procedure manual.
• Discharge patients from skilled nursing services when the discharge criteria are met.
• Case conference clinicians providing care to ensure coordination of care.
• Update clinical records according to policy and procedures.
• Attend in-service programs, continuing education programs, seminars, and self-study programs annually.
• Provide onsite supervision of LPN/HHA.
• Adhere to Medicaid and Medicare regulations.

Requirements

• Be a registered nurse (R.N.) with a current license.
• Minimum of one year of nursing experience as an R.N.
• Work positively and favorably with patients, families, and staff.
• Demonstrate proficient skills using Oasis to admit, transfer, re-certify, and discharge home health patients in regard to physician orders.
• Coordinate and supervise LPN’s and HHA’s in the delivery of patient care.
• Maintain compliance with agency policy and procedures.
• Follow Medicare and Medicaid regulations.