RN - Registered Nurse - Hospital at Home - Per Diem

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RN - Registered Nurse - Hospital at Home - Per Diem

• Hours: Per Diem, as needed days (8:00AM to 6:30PM start time); flexibility in scheduling based on patient needs.
• Weekends: Up to every other weekend as needed
• Holidays: Occasional, as needed
• On Call: Rotation based. Will be reviewed at the interview. 
• This position is community-based and requires travel throughout Montour and surrounding counties.
• Experience: Two (2) years of RN work experience is required.
• Preferred Experience: Acute care or inpatient nursing experience.  Emergency medicine experience is helpful but not required.

Job Description:

• Collaborates with staff providers and brick-and-mortar hospital providers to identify patients and coordinate a seamless transition to the Acute Hospital Care at Home unit.
• Communicates daily potential capacity and operations with staff via team huddles.
• Coordinates patient care schedules, diagnostics, and delivery of durable medical equipment.
• Triages and manages acute patient needs and barriers by coordinating efforts of the care team.
• Provides direct care to patients in their home.
• Collaborates with doctors, paramedics, diagnostic services, ancillary services, and remote patient monitoring technologies to provide in-home care for patients with acute medical conditions.
• Provides patient-centered care to identify barriers and ensure that patient and family needs are met through coordinating efforts of the care team.
• Provides medical-surgical level of care to patients in their homes.
• Works with other team members to respond to acute needs and prevent escalation to higher level of care.
• Ensures adherence to quality standards and participation in quality monitoring and improvement.
• Participates in on-going case review for delays or variances in care; raises issues with appropriate department, attending physician, and physician designee.
• Uses approved medical necessity criteria as a tool to ensure that patients meet appropriateness of the setting.