REGISTERED NURSE – RN – (PART-TIME)

Location

Necessary Skills

POSITION SUMMARY:
The Registered Nurse is responsible for the delivery of patient care services through coordination, implementation, and supervision of the patients. The registered nurse follows the Plan of Treatment (POT) and supervises the staff delivering care. The Registered nurse participates in quality improvement activities within the Agency promoting overall compliance with State and Federal guidelines and professional standards of practice.

Basic Requirements

•Must be a registered nurse (RN) with the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation

Eligibility

•Home health care, or hospital background
•Must be able to travel to patient’s place of residence
•Must be able to maintain the minimum of 7 patients

Job Description

•Intake and coordination of a referral from an acceptable referral source
•Initial in home evaluations and/or assessments
•Establish the patient\’s individualized treatment and medical record baseline
•Collaborate with physicians, other agency staff and contract services to coordinate and implement the POT
•Supervise the implementation of the POT and the quality of care delivered to the patient
•Provide in-home supervision of Home Health Aide services at least every 14 days for patient receiving aid services and document the visit in the medical record
•Re-evaluate the patient POT every 60 days and report condition change or change in treatment
•Document direct patient services, coordinate with team members as demonstrated through leadership of patient case conferences or in services
•Collaborating with leadership/management team and office staff to facilitate timely office processing of paperwork and personnel information
•Actively participates in agency quality improvement activities