RN, Home Health (40h Day)
Company: Kaiser
Location: Portland
Posted on: May 3, 2024
Job Description:
The self-directed public health nurse provides home care services
to Kaiser Permanente patients in community based and facility
settings. This position may provide nursing services to patients in
the home health, hospice, home infusion, palliative care, or other
programs under the direction of the patients physician(s) to
provide quality health care outcomes and facilitate the achievement
of maximum independence of the patient utilizing health care
resources within Kaiser Permanente and the community.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provides nursing services to patients consistent with agency
policy, state practice acts, and applicable state and federal
regulations as directed by the patients physician. Manages the care
of patients from admission to discharge, coordinating the
multidisciplinary plan of care: including appropriate referrals to
other disciplines; community resources; supervision of the home
health aid plan of care; coordination of the discharge plan and
documentation to reflect all activities provided in program
appropriate care settings.
- Assesses the learning needs of the patient/caregiver to develop
the plan of care that meets patient and family needs and goals
including the provision of effective teaching, supervision and
delegation of care to achieve desired health care outcomes and
timely discharge consistent with quality care.
- Partners with agency management in the development and review
of programs within Continuing Care Services. Facilitates the
initiation of cost effective home care and provides consultation to
clinicians regarding appropriate care setting alternatives.
- Assures professional competency through maintaining
state-of-the-art skills and knowledge consistent with Medicare and
JCAHO regulations, applicable nurse practice acts and agency
policies.
- Participates in hospice, home infusion, home health and
palliative care call duty consistent with agency policy.
- Participates in department quality management/improvement
activities; including but not limited to clinical record review,
occurrence reporting, focused studies, process and outcome
measurement, peer review, continuous quality improvement projects,
partners in defining and achieving agency productivity
standards.
- Performs other duties as requested. Basic Qualifications:
Experience
- One (1) year medical-surgical nursing experience in an acute
care setting or home health, hospice or palliative care, SNF, ALF
settings.
- Two (2) years of experience in Home Health (within the last
five (5) years) as a LPN may be substituted for the one year of
nursing experience.
Education
- Baccalaureate degree in nursing or commensurate knowledge and
experience (Commensurate knowledge and experience may include
recent experience in areas of care coordination, case management,
community health, and public health).
License, Certification, Registration
- This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials
from the primary work state are required before hire. Additional
Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post
hire.
- Registered Nurse License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire
- Registered Nurse License (Washington) within 6 months of hire
- Drivers License (in location where applicable)
- Basic Life Support
Additional Requirements:
- Able to perform complete physical, psychosocial, spiritual
assessments.
- Able to operate stethoscope and sphygmomanometer.
- Keyboarding or typing skills.
- Able to learn to operate a laptop computer to perform clinical
documentation.
- Working knowledge of concise, yet thorough clinical
documentation of patient assessments and care.
- Effective problem solving, written and verbal communication and
organizational and time management skills required to accomplish
case management responsibilities within allocated time frames.
- Note: This position requires completion of a typing test.
- Note: This position requires a reliable automobile to travel to
and from patient homes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Operational knowledge of computerized clinical documentation
and office application systems including the use of laptop/notebook
computers.
- Working knowledge of the managed care industry.
- Knowledge of Medicare regulations/requirements.
- Excellent time management, problem solving and customer service
skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Able to work autonomously and manage patient caseload.
- Knowledgeable of the care for the chronically ill and frail
elderly.
- Working knowledge of Hospice and palliative care for the
terminally ill patient.
- Pediatrics, including well child care.
- Oncology/hospice.
- Rehabilitation nursing.
- Hospice care and the dying process.
- Peripheral and central line IV management.
- Able to perform venipuncture and IV insertion.
- Able to operate multiple IV pumps.
- Able to perform surgical debridement as part of wound care.
Notes:
- Variable days, shifts, holidays, weekends
PrimaryLocation : Oregon,Portland,Kaiser Permanente Building
HoursPerWeek : 40
Shift : Day
Workdays : Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Variable
WorkingHoursStart : 08:00 AM
WorkingHoursEnd : 05:00 PM
Job Schedule : Full-time
Job Type : Standard
Employee Status : Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation : W01 AFT Local 5017
Job Level : Individual Contributor
Job Category : Nursing Licensed & Nurse Practitioners
Department : BEAVERTON MED & DENTAL OFFICE - Home Health - 1008
Travel : Yes, 100 % of the Time
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a
diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation,
national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry,
disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information,
other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or
any other protected status.
Keywords: Kaiser, Beaver Creek , RN, Home Health (40h Day), Healthcare , Portland, Oregon
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