Registered Nurse RN Home Health San Antonio Texas

Optum
US - Texas - Floresville
January 8, 2025

WellMed, part of the Optum family of businesses, is seeking a Registered Nurse RN Home Health to join our team in San Antonio, TX.
Optum is a clinician-led care organization that is changing the way clinicians work and live.

As a member of the Optum Care Delivery team, you'll be an integral part of our vision to make healthcare better for everyone.

At Optum, you'll have the clinical resources, data and support of a global organization behind you so you can help your patients live healthier lives.
Here, you'll work alongside talented peers in a collaborative environment that is guided by diversity and inclusion while driving towards the Quadruple Aim.
We believe you deserve an exceptional career, and will empower you to live your best life at work and at home.
Experience the fulfillment of advancing the health of your community with the excitement of contributing new practice ideas and initiatives that could help improve care for millions of patients across the country.
Because together, we have the power to make health care better for everyone.
Join us and discover how rewarding medicine can be while Caring.
Connecting.
Growing together.

Position in this function 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.

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 manner
Friday - Monday shifts

This is a field base position that requires traveling around the San Antonio and surrounding counties supporting Homecare Dimensions' Patients.
Required on calls (weekday and weekends), mileage reimbursement and shift differential offered.

Read the full job description and apply online on the recuiter's web-site

Registered Nurse RN Home Health San Antonio Texas

Registered Nurse RN Home Health San Antonio Texas

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