Job Summary
Registered Nurse, Home Healthcare. The role provides direct skilled nursing care and care coordination for geriatric patients receiving home healthcare services. Responsibilities include patient assessment, admission evaluation, care planning, clinical interventions, caregiver education, and evaluation of patient outcomes.
Job Details
- Schedule: Day shifts, 8 hours per shift, 40 hours per week; block scheduling with required call coverage.
- Required Qualifications: Minimum of 2 years of nursing experience; home healthcare experience with OASIS documentation; Basic Life Support (BLS) certification; Washington state nursing license or proof of license application; ability to provide care for geriatric patients with conditions including heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, wounds, diabetes, postsurgical needs, respiratory illness, sepsis, dementia, cerebrovascular accident history, and myocardial infarction history.
- Preferred Qualifications: Electronic health record charting experience.
- Additional Information:
- Performs initial patient and home evaluations and applies admission criteria to determine appropriateness and safety for home healthcare services.
- Provides skilled nursing care, clinical education, and instruction to patients and caregivers according to the plan of treatment.
- Performs admission assessments, routine visits, recertification, resumption of care, discharge planning, medication management, wound care, catheter care, infusion and line management, nutritional assessment, oxygen administration, and vital-sign collection.
- Collaborates with physical therapy, interpretation services, social services, and unit support staff.
- Required equipment and personal protective equipment will be provided.
- Orientation includes 24 hours.
Benefits
The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:
- Private housing or generous housing allowance
- Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
- Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
- Competitive salaries
- Referral bonuses
- Travel reimbursement
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Direct deposit/free checking
- Unlimited free CE credits
