Signature Healthcare at Home offers competitive pay and mileage reimbursement. For Full Time and Part Time positions Signature Healthcare at Home offers cell phone/wireless keyboard, Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K Plan, very generous PTO plan up to 4 weeks of paid time off and 6 paid holidays, life and disability insurance, employee referral bonus, continuing education and higher education reimbursement program. Excellent career growth opportunities!

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Patient Care

• Provides professional nursing care by utilizing all elements of nursing process and as defined in the state Nurse Practice Act.
• Develops a care plan that establishes interventions and goals. Includes the patient and the family/caregiver in the planning process.
• Works with intake, clinical manager, and/or DPS to coordinate patient start of care in a timely manner.
• Educates patient/caregiver regarding regulatory components for home health admission. Documentation of this education will be completed in the patient’s medical record.
• Obtains consents for home health services.
• Completes an initial comprehensive assessment of patient and caregiver/living situation to determine care needs.
• Completes a comprehensive medication review and reconciliation.
• Sets up an individual emergency preparedness plan.
• Establishes the initial individualized plan of care in collaboration with the certifying medical provider based on comprehensive assessment and patient goals.
• Admission documentation is completed within 24 hours.
• Attends required staff meetings, interdisciplinary team meetings and care coordination activities

Additional Duties

• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Supervises ancillary personnel and delegates responsibilities when required.
• Coordinates patient care in tandem with Case Manager as assigned by Clinical Manager.
• Assumes responsibility for personal growth and development and maintains and upgrades professional knowledge and practice skills through attendance and participation in continuing education and in-service classes.
• Fulfills the obligation of requested and/or accepted case assignments.
• Actively participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities or other committees as assigned
• May be required to work outside of designated geographical area based on census fluctuations and current staffing.
• Completes mandatory education requirements annually to maintain competence.
• May be required to visit patients in homes that are not clean, or in poor repair, have poor ventilation, are infested with insects or rodents, and secondhand smoke.
• Driving conditions may be difficult related to weather and/ or traffic.
• Maintains knowledge of and adheres to all applicable laws, rules, and standards.
• Participates in the orientation of new employees and preceptorship of students as assigned.
• Meets productivity expectations.

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting, and one (1) to two (2) years of recent experience in home health preferred.
• Current licensure in State(s) of planned practice and CPR certification.
• Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order.
• Excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
• Self-directed and able to work with minimal
• Capable of prolonged or considerable walking or standing. Able to lift, position and/or transfer patients. Able to lift supplies and equipment. Capable of considerable reaching, stooping bending, kneeling, and/or crouching. Possesses visual acuity and hearing to perform required nursing skills.