Golden Care of Northeast PA

Golden Care of Northeast PA

Home Health Registered Nurse

Scranton, PA

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
Patient CareCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

  • Roles & Responsibilities Completes an initial assessment of the patient and family to determine home care needs.
  • Provides a comprehensive physical assessment and history of current and past illnesses.
  • Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.

Responsibilities

  • The professional nurse utilizes community resources to plan and deliver services that meet the needs of individuals and families in their homes and communities.
  • Develops a care plan that establishes goals based on nursing diagnoses and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing interventions.
  • Implements appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
  • Identifies discharge planning needs during care plan development and implements prior to discharge.
  • Ability to stand or walk for prolonged periods; lift, position, or transfer patients; lift supplies and equipment; and perform reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, and crouching.

Requirements

  • Communicates with the physician regarding patient needs, reports changes in condition, and obtains physician orders as required.
  • Incumbents may be required to perform additional job-related tasks as assigned.
  • One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting required.
  • Current state licensure and CPR certification required.

Benefits

  • Director of Nursing The Registered Nurse plans, organizes, and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education.
  • Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnoses.
  • Provides health care instructions to the patient based on assessment and plan of care.
  • Collaborates with community health professionals to coordinate the care plan.
  • Instructs, supervises, and evaluates Licensed Practical Nurses and Home Health Aides in accordance with policy and procedure.
  • Associate degree required; one (1) year of home health care experience preferred.
  • Management experience not required; responsible for supervising Home Health Aides.

This listing is sourced directly from Golden Care of Northeast PA's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.