Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, NC

Registered Nurse - Atrium Health Home Health University City FT Days

This position is Sign-On Bonus eligible. In addition to the sign-on bonus, new teammates at Atrium Health are eligible for robust benefits packages and paid time off and a Career Advancement Ladder. Atrium health At Home - the Region's Preferred Healthcare is looking for a dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse to Join our TEAM! This office services our adult and geriatric patients in territories throughout northern Charlotte, Cabarrus and Rowan counties. (University) throughout Stanly and Montgomery counties. (Stanly) Home care at Atrium Health allows patients to receive world-class healthcare in the comfort of their own homes. The team of experts at Atrium Health At Home provides compassionate care and advanced services outside the scope of a medical facility. Atrium Health At Home is trusted to meet the needs of each of our patients in the comfort of his or her own home. Registered Nurse (RN) Benefits: * Being part of a team that believes in providing excellent care. * Feel supported by leadership as teammate safety is a priority * Be recognized and rewarded for a job well done, demonstrating culture of commitments by working as one team, compassion, and innovative * Competitive Salary * Patient Autonomy * Employment with great employer/perks ---- include link Atrium Health at Home, is backed by more experience, greater access, and more services than any other home care provider in the region. Learn more about what it truly means to be a Home Health Nurse at Atrium Health: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWsZtox6PTY Shift: Days, Sat and Sun 10hrs and Thurs and Fri 10 hours Job Summary Serves a case management role, responsible for an assigned group of patients, typically geographically related and accountable for the oversight and overall management of the post-acute services in the home setting. Provides direct patient care and supervision of LPNs and HHAs in accordance with an established plan of care to address the patient needs, individual goals and physician ordered services. Responsible for care coordination with the assigned multi-disciplinary team and acts as the assigned patient's liaison with other related healthcare providers in the continuum of care. Ensures appropriate, qualified and timely patient care and documentation in order to meet patient needs and agency financial, operational, and quality goals. Essential Functions * Responsible for the daily management of an assigned patient caseload, ensuring timely care and documentation to meet the patent needs/services as prescribed in the established plan of care and per MD orders * Collects data pertinent to the healthcare consumer's health or the situation from patient assessments in the home setting, telephonic contacts and/or related EMR information available. * Analyzes the data to determine the issues and available resources to seek effective resolution. Identifies patients at high risk for re-hospitalization, falls and/or high utilization of resources that require additional intervention and case conferencing to ensure appropriate care and frequency of services mitigates risk and ensure high quality outcomes * Prioritizes multi-issue, situations appropriate to the criticality of patient health and welfare, patient/staff safety and impact to effective, timely services * Identifies barriers to situation/complaint resolution (i.e. language, literacy, psychological, etc) and follows-up with the appropriate resources or leadership to address timely and effectively * Develops and provides oversight of a plan of care that is effectively communicated with the parties involved and supports quality patient outcomes and patient satisfaction. * Implements the identified plan, and directs the care coordination of a multidisciplinary clinical team approach, supervision of LPNs and/or HHAs involved in the care of the assigned patient caseload to promote health and safe outcomes. * Performs ordered treatments, therapies, and/or procedures in accordance with State Nurse Practice Act and Home Health Conditions of Participation, JCAHO and agency policy and procedures. * Evaluates progress towards attainment of patient centered goals. Physical Requirements Work requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, reaching, stooping, bending, pushing, and pulling. Must be able to lift and support the weight of 35 pounds in handling patients, medical equipment, and supplies. Must speak English in good, understandable terms. Intact sense of sight, hearing, smell, touch. Finger dexterity. Critical thinking and ability to concentrate. Must be able to respond quickly to changes in patient conditions. Physical Abilities Testing required. Education, Experience and Certifications Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing. BSN preferred. BLS required per policy guidelines. Current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner in the state in which you work and reside or; if declaring a National License Compact (NLC) state as your primary state of residency, meet the licensure requirements in your home state; or for Non-National License Compact states, current RN license or temporary license as a Registered Nurse Petitioner required in the state where the RN works. Additional education, training, certifications, or experience may be required within the department by the nurse leader. Valid drivers license required.