Home Health Registered Nurse - Brownsville, TX - Home Health
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Brownsville
Posted on: January 27, 2023
Job Description:
Home Health Registered Nurse - Brownsville, TX$5.000 Sign On
Bonus for External Candidates This position is full-time with
excellent hourly compensation, benefits within 30 days that include
PTO, paid holidays, annual bonus potential, annual reviews, tuition
reimbursement, mileage reimbursement at 65.5 per along with
opportunities for continued career progression! --All clinical
licensures and required CEU costs are covered. 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. 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 You'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
- BLS certification or ability to obtain within 30 days
- 1+ years of nursing experience i
- Experience with wound care
- Developed computer skills
- 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
disease
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this
role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster
doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth
Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as
well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of
vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to
ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential
job functions with or without reasonable accommodation Preferred
Qualification:
- IV Certification
- Bilingual (Spanish)
- Home Health Experience To protect the health and safety of our
workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group
and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose
COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In
addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19
vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function.
UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19
vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination
requirements and will obtain the necessary information from
candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates
must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without
reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination
requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or
termination of employment. 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. **PLEASE NOTE** The Sign On Bonus is only
available to external candidates. --Candidates who are currently
working for a UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related
entity in a full time, part time, or per diem basis ("Internal
Candidates") are not eligible to receive a Sign On Bonus. 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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