RN-Admission Home Health
Company: SSM Health
Location: Columbus
Posted on: January 25, 2023
Job Description:
It's more than a career, it's a callingWI-SSM Health at Home
ColumbusWorker Type:RegularJob Highlights:At SSM Health at Home, we
offer a range of services - all with one goal: to keep our patients
as safe and independent as possible at home.We are seeking an
Admissions RN for our Home Health team who is flexible, autonomous
and a self-starter with strong assessment, problem solving and
computer skills. In this position you -will travel to patient
homes, CBRFs, assisted living facilities, hospitals, etc. to meet
with patients and patient family members. In addition, you will
complete a comprehensive medical assessment to admit patients into
home health.Hours of work: Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM,
including on-call rotation.Job Summary:Coordinates, facilitates and
performs patient admission by traveling to patient homes,
Community-Based Residential Facilities (CBRF), assisted living
locations, hospitals or other to meet patient and
family/caregivers, assess patient care needs, acuity in relation to
regulations of home care and/or hospice services.Job
Responsibilities and Requirements:PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Collaborates with the nursing staff and multidisciplinary team
members to place patient in appropriate level of care to achieve
desired outcomes.
- Completes admission paperwork and verifies insurance
information. Completes a comprehensive medical assessment by
entering data into the clinical computer program. Ensures that
patient assessment is completed in a timely manner.
- Provides information, instruction and education to the patient,
patient family members and caregivers in proper care.
- Contacts and consults with the physicians to notify and
communicate significant needs at the start of care and to obtain
orders. Documents any verbal orders for the start of care.
- Communicates the patient's plan of care for nursing, therapy,
social services and other disciplines and services following the
initial assessment with appropriate staff and the physician.
Coordinates the transfer of the patient to the appropriate
branch.
- As an SSM Health nurse, I will demonstrate the professional
nursing standards defined in the professional practice model. -
Uses the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses to guide his/her response to
the current and evolving health and nursing needs of our patients
and our patient populations.
- Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
- Performs other duties as assigned.EDUCATION
- Graduate of accredited school of nursingEXPERIENCE
- No experience requiredPHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing
0-25 lbs.
- Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive
foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
- Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near
(20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and
distinguish colors.
- Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through
oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning
machinery, etc.
- Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
- Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and
gripping.
- Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects
weighing 25-50 lbs.
- Rare climbing.
- Frequent Driving.Licenses / Certifications:Basic Life Support
HealthCare Provider (BLS HCP) - American Heart Association (AHA),
Driver License - State of Work Location, Registered Nurse (RN) -
State of Work LocationWork Shift:Day Shift (United States of
America)Job Type:EmployeeDepartment:2903000176 ColumbusScheduled
Weekly Hours:40SSM Health complies with applicable Federal civil
rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color,
national origin, age, disability or sex.Learn more here
Keywords: SSM Health, Madison , RN-Admission Home Health, Healthcare , Columbus, Wisconsin
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