Registered Home Health Nurse PRN

Alpine Care Home Health is dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care in the home setting. Our team of skilled clinicians help individuals remain safe and independent in their homes, with personalized care that respects the individuals’ goals, values, and overall well-being. Our team brings deep expertise in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and complex care management, and more.

We offer customized tools and hands-on support to improve mobility, accelerate recovery, and encourage lasting self-reliance. We take pride in offering personalized, evidence-based care. We work closely with primary care providers, families, and specialists to create care plans that are proactive, holistic, and aligned with each patient’s priorities.

Through access to a full range of physical and mental health services, we aim to support patient independence and long-term stability. We’re building a purpose-driven team passionate about making a difference. If you’re excited to shape the future of home-based care, here’s what the role involves.

South & East Austin territory Alpine Care Home Health is dedicated to providing expert, compassionate care in the home setting. Our team of skilled clinicians help individuals remain safe and independent in their homes, with personalized care that respects the individuals' goals, values, and overall well-being. Our team brings deep expertise in physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, wound care, and complex care management, and more.

We offer customized tools and hands-on support to improve mobility, accelerate recovery, and encourage lasting self-reliance. We take pride in offering personalized, evidence-based care. We work closely with primary care providers, families, and specialists to create care plans that are proactive, holistic, and aligned with each patient's priorities.

Through access to a full range of physical and mental health services, we aim to support patient independence and long-term stability. We're building a purpose-driven team passionate about making a difference. If you're excited to shape the future of home-based care, here's what the role involves.

Responsibilities

The Home Health Visiting Nurse provides intermittent skilled nursing services in a face-to-face capacity to include patient residence and qualifying facilities. The Home Health Visiting Nurse is responsible for communicating the patient's progress with other disciplines and directs, supervises and instructs non-professional home health aide staff in the provision of personal care to the patient. This candidate can also expect to provide specialized nursing care to veterans enrolled in bowel management programs with the Veterans Affairs (VA).

Comprehensive training will be provided to ensure clinical competency and confidence in delivering these services.

: Under the physician's order, admits patients eligible for home care services within 24-48 hours Assess and evaluates patient needs/problems, identifies mutually agreed upon goals with patients Reports patient status and need for other disciplines to agency Clinical Supervisor and referring physician Reports to assigned follow-up Clinician as indicated Develops patient care plan that specifically addresses identified patient problems, patient problems and goals Updates care plans on an ongoing basis; revises and resolves patient problems and goals as changes occur and/or at recertification Completed admission paperwork and patient care plan submitted to Clinical Supervisor per agency policy following the admission including completed and signed admission checklist Provides intermittent Skilled Nursing services including assessment, evaluation, procedures, teaching and training activities as outlined in the patient Plan of Care Provides Skilled Nursing visits according to visit schedule and notifies agency of need to alter schedule in any way Reports significant findings to patient's ph