Registered Nurse RN Home Health Austin TX
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Pflugerville
Posted on: September 14, 2023
Job Description:
Do you have compassion and a passion to help others?
Transforming healthcare and millions of lives as a result starts
with the values you embrace and the passion you bring to achieve
your life's best work.(sm)Provides skilled nursing services and
assists with the coordination of home health care services for
assigned patients. Ensures quality and safe delivery of home health
care services in compliance with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations and policies.This position is full-time with excellent
compensation, PTO, paid holidays, benefits within 30 days, annual
bonus potential, annual reviews, mileage reimbursement along with
opportunities for continued career progression!Primary
Responsibilities:
- Performs nursing assessments and develops, implements and
evaluates plans of care in conjunction with the physician, patient
and caregivers per agency policy and procedure
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan of care, the patient's
response to care and outcomes of care and revises the plan of care
as needed
- Re-evaluates patient nursing needs to include on-going
assessments using the OASIS data set at appropriate time
points
- Provides skilled nursing services that require substantial and
specialized nursing care including medication administration, wound
care, therapeutic treatments, and skilled teaching as ordered and
indicated
- Plans and implements patient health teaching and health
counseling regarding the disease process(es), self-care techniques
and prevention and involves the patient's significant others in
accomplishing health goals while promoting patient/family
independence
- Participates in health promotion and disease prevention
activities
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing
procedures following the physician's plan of care
- Coordinates services and scheduling with the Clinical Team
Manager (CTM) and Clinical Team Coordinator (CTC) to include
recommendations for additional home health care services for
patients to within 24 hours of Start of Care (SOC)
- Assesses the patient's condition during every home health care
visit; insures assessments are communicated to the Clinical Team
Manager on a daily basis; nursing interventions are implemented to
meet patient needs and changed conditions
- Performs care management duties on patients as assigned
including: notifying the physician of changes in the patient's
condition or progress toward goals, obtaining needed physicians
orders, reassessing the patient for recertification, supervision of
LVNs and home health aides, attending and documenting case
conferences, coordination of care by reporting of significant
findings to others on the healthcare team, and planning for,
notification of and documenting the discharge of the patient
- Documents all communications with the patient, family,
physician, CTM, pharmacy, other disciplines, and appropriate others
as indicated on communication notes
- Prepares a written plan for the Home Health Aide to follow, if
applicable
- Expresses verbal and written communication in a clear, positive
and cooperative mannerYou'll be rewarded and recognized for your
performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you
clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as
provide development for other roles you may be interested
in.Required Qualifications:
- Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
- Current unrestricted Texas RN license or compact license
- IV Certification
- BLS certification
- 1+ years of home health care or related environment
- Wound Care
- Developed computer skills
- Demonstrated ability to lift and transfer patients
- Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to
travel to client and / or patient sites within a designated
area
- This position requires Tuberculosis screening as well as proof
of immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus,
Diphtheria, and Pertussis through lab confirmation of immunity,
documented evidence of vaccination, or a doctor's diagnosis of
diseasePreferred Qualification:
- Bilingual (Spanish)Careers with WellMed. Our focus is simple.
We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to change
the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting 550,000+
lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and Florida,
through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and contracted medical
management services. We've joined Optum, part of the UnitedHealth
Group family of companies, and our mission is to help the sick
become well and to help patients understand and control their
health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our providers and staff
are selected for their dedication and focus on preventative,
proactive care. For you, that means one incredible team and a
singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)--WellMed was
founded in 1990 with a vision of being a physician-led company that
could change the face of healthcare delivery for seniors. Through
the WellMed Care Model, we specialize in helping our patients stay
healthy by providing the care they need from doctors who care about
them. We partner with multiple Medicare Advantage health plans in
Texas and Florida and look forward to continuing growth.--At
UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier
lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We
believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location
and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life.
Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good
health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color,
historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We
are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and
enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health
disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority
reflected in our mission. -- --Diversity creates a healthier
atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any
other characteristic protected by law.--UnitedHealth Group is a
drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test
before beginning employment.--
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