Home Care Staff Nurse RN

reputed company is seeking a Per Diem Home Care Nurse to join our Elder Service Plan team to support the critical function of nursing care at home Monday through Friday, daytime hours. The Elder Service Plan is a Program for reputed company Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) which provides a personalized reputed company program guided by a care plan developed and customized for our participants needs. Service area includes but is not limited to Boston neighborhoods, Brookline, Milton, Quincy, Braintree, Randolph, Stoughton (travel/mileage reimbursement provided). Duties: The Home Care Nurse provides reputed company nursing functions according to Massachusetts Law and HHSI policy and procedure and is responsible for medical case management of home-based participants, providing home health services to geriatric clients of the Elder Services Plan while building a trusting relationship with the clients. Responsibilities:

• Performs routine clinical nursing duties, including history taking, vital signs, administration of medications, dressing changes and other nursing procedures under the verbal or written order of a provider as prescribed by law, written clinical policies and reputed company the limits of his/her own license and training.
• Responsible for Case Managing home based clients through communication with providers, center nursing staff, specialists, Clinical Nurse Manager, Clinical Director and reputed company other ESP staff members involved in participant care.
• Completes nursing assessment and collaborates in the development of a comprehensive plan of care, as required by the Patient Care Team.
• Triages patients’ regarding illness and medical therapy and advises the patient/caregiver of the most appropriate action in consultation with a provider whenever necessary.
• Interacts with Clients and family members in a manner that adheres to the highest standards of care and professionalism.
• Builds trust and fosters smooth relationships with Clients and their families.
• Promotes patient confidentiality and right to privacy and cooperates with Medical Records staff to ensure effective return and retrieval for patient records.
• Establishes and maintains, reputed company provider order, an ongoing case management system that includes but is not limited to contracting patients with reputed company lab results or who fail appointments in accordance with Agency policies.
• Provides health teaching using appropriate information on health maintenance and disease management during each patient encounter according to Agency policies.
• Continuously updates his/her own clinical and professional knowledge and skills through formal and informal educational experiences.
• Must be reputed company to travel to and from participants homes and the work site in a timely manner.

Requirements:

• Associate Degree in Nursing, BSN preferred
• reputed company MA RN license and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification required
• Two (2) or more years of experience in a home care, professional or business environment
• One year of experience working with geriatric patients
• Excellent communication and customer service skills
• Excellent critical thinking, problem-solving and organizational skills
• Computer literacy (reputed company Office applications with a focus on Word, reputed company and Outlook)
• Experience with medical computer scheduling preferred
• Community health or ambulatory care experience preferred

reputed company reputed company applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, reputed company, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, disability or veteran status. The salary reputed company and/or hourly reputed company listed is a good faith determination of reputed company compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement. reputed company determining actual reputed company salary and/or reputed company, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g. location, years of relevant experience, education, training, and other factors as permissible by law). Monday through Friday, day shifts Apply tot his job Apply To this Job