SUMMARY

As a Community Health Nurse, you will focus on providing nursing interventions, patient education, and care management to a variety of clients in our community. This promotes good health and one on one patient care in the comfort of their own home.

STATUS: Per Diem

LOCATION: Lifetime Care - Newark

DEPARTMENT: Home Care

ATTRIBUTES

• Compassionate, independent, and patient-focused
• Comprehensive nursing assessments and documentation, decisive judgment and professional behavior
• Two (2) years experience in home care preferred
• Bilingual preferred
• At least one year of nursing experience

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Patient Care & Service. Provide comprehensive assessments of the bio-psycho-social needs of acutely ill clients in their home; perform skilled nursing care and prescribed treatments to clients based on MD orders; provide client and family education in accordance with client assessment and plan of care
• Planning. Develop and document individualized care plans customized for each patient’s unique needs, with support from the interdisciplinary health team as needed; maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress
• Communication. Maintain effective communication to convey patient health status, treatment plans and progress; communicate with office and supervisory staff regularly; coordinates client services and/or referrals in an efficient and timely manner
• Documentation. Accurately and completely document client care; document and implement physician orders per D.O.H. and program standards
• Compliance. Adhere to required department and system protocols, regulations (local, state, federal) and education requirements