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RN Psych Visiting Home Care Polk County

Location Address:  Winter Haven, FL

All the benefits and perks you need for you and your family:

• Competitive Pay
• Student Loan Repayment Program
• Career Development

Our promise to you:

Joining AdventHealth is about being part of something bigger. It’s about belonging to a community that believes in the wholeness of each person, and serves to uplift others in body, mind and spirit. AdventHealth is a place where you can thrive professionally, and grow spiritually, by Extending the Healing Ministry of Christ. Where you will be valued for who you are and the unique experiences you bring to our purpose-minded team. All while understanding that together we are even better.

Schedule: PRN

Shift:  Days

The community you’ll be caring for: 

• Faith based and Mission driven agency
• Flexible scheduling
• One-on-one patient care in the patient’s home environment
• Joint Commission Deemed Status accredited agency
• Competitive pay with no state income tax
• Commitment to workplace wellness and exceptional health and benefits offerings

The role you’ll contribute:

The Home Health RN Visit Nurse is a professional nurse who under the general supervision of the Care Manager, provides skilled nursing care to assigned patients and directs Licensed Practical Nurses and Home Health Aides to provide quality care in accordance with physician orders under a plan of care. Assesses, plans, implements, evaluates total patient care and coordinates patient/family teaching. Assures compliance with nursing standards, federal, state, and local government regulations, and company clinical policies. Provides goal directed care leading to specific outcomes. May be on call for after-hours work.  Coordinates and directs the home care patient’s care based on individual patient needs.

The value you’ll bring to the team: 

• Provides comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patients assigned to visit.
• Reports changes in patient condition in a timely manner to the physician and/or RN Care Manager. Obtains orders for changes in the plan of care to respond to the patient's condition.
• Follows orders for treatment and provides services as indicated on the plan of care.
• Utilizes and implements appropriate educational tools and pathways per guidelines and/or policy and procedure
• Takes ownership to optimize agency performance through active involvement in quality improvement activities. 
• Utilizes motivational interviewing/health coaching techniques to achieve desired patient outcomes

The expertise and experiences you’ll need to succeed:

Minimum qualifications: 

Must meet one of the following three requirements:

1. A RN with a Master’s degree with a specialty in psychiatric or mental health nursing and licensed in the state where practicing would qualify. The RN must have nursing experience (recommended within the last 3 years) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric partial hospitalization program or other outpatient psychiatric services.

2. A RN with a Bachelor’s degree in nursing and licensed in the state where practicing would qualify. The RN must have 1 year of recent nursing experience (recommended within the last 3 years) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric partial hospitalization program or other outpatient psychiatric services.

3. A RN with a Diploma or Associate degree in nursing and licensed in the state where practicing would qualify. The RN must have 2 years of recent nursing experience (recommended within the last 3 years) in an acute treatment unit in a psychiatric hospital, psychiatric home care, psychiatric partial hospitalization program or other outpatient psychiatric services.

Medical/Surgical nursing experience is also required because many psychiatric patients meet homebound criteria due to a physical illness; and the psychiatric nurse is also expected to care for patients without a psychiatric diagnosis.

• Current Registered Nursing License in State of Practice
• Valid Driver’s License and current car insurance
• CPR certified
• Recent, relevant experience in a Medicare-certified home health agency as a case-manager
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing
• Field supervision: Effectively delegates and supervises delegated care, e.g., care provided by the home health aide and the LPN.

Preferred qualifications: 

• A working knowledge of community resources and an ability to refers patients and families appropriately
• Home Care Regulations and Third-Party Reimbursement as it impacts care delivery
• Current IV Therapy skills