Registered Nurse (RN) - Home Health

Shift: Day, 8:30am to 5:00pm, must participate to be on call some nights weekends

Hours: 8

Job Type: Full Time

Under general supervision, this position is assigned to provide skilled nursing care to patients in their homes, following the orders of the attending physician, and to function as a member of the interdisciplinary team.

1. Maintain established departmental policies and procedures, objectives, quality improvement program, safety, environmental and infection control standards.
2. Evaluate and assess the patient and his/her home environment.
3. Communicate with the physician and other team members in order to develop and coordinate the care plan and to report any changes in the patient’s condition.
4. Assist in implementing the patient’s care plan.
5. Maintain current, accurate documentation in the client’s medical record.
6. Maintain health care instruction to the patient as appropriate.
7. Assess patient’s pain and obtain appropriate orders for symptom control.
8. Serve as the liaison between the patient, support staff and physician.
9. Enhance professional growth and development through participation in education programs, current literature, in-service meetings and workshops pertaining to home care and hospice care.
10. Attend required number of departmental meetings per year.
11. Direct and supervise home health aides.
12. Demonstrates sensitivity and competence in the care of the ill and/or dying adolescent, adult, geriatric and pediatric patients relative to determining each patient’s age related physical, psychological and cultural needs.

Minimum Education 

• Associate Degree in Nursing or Diploma in Nursing from an accredited school.

Minimum Experience                                               

• 1 year of experience as an RN in an institutional setting

Required Certification/Registration

• CPR Certification
• California RN license
• Valid CA Driver’s license 
• Current automobile insurance. 

Preferred Courses/Training                                     

• Courses in Home Health and/or Hospice
• Public Health Nurse Training

Skills:  Administrative

• Prior supervisory experience of Aides preferred

Skills:  Machine                                                       

• Knowledge of use of Personal Computer

Physical Demands                                                     

• Considerable reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling and crouching.
• Lifts supplies/equipment
• Lifts, positions, pushes and/or transfers patients
• Lifting requirement 25#
• Prolonged, extensive or considerable standing/walking

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Desert Care Network serves the healthcare needs of the Coachella Valley and Morongo Basin regions in Southern California with three hospitals Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, JFK Memorial Hospital in Indio and Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The hospital network provides advanced care with services such as comprehensive stroke care, a cancer center, a Level 1 Trauma Center and the only Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Coachella Valley. Desert Care Network is committed to healthcare equality. Join our team!