**[Job Summary: [ Cares for elderly, convalescent, or persons with disabilities in private homes by assessing patient needs by providing care to meet those needs. Being responsible for providing nursing care to individuals or families. Coordination of patient care with other agency provided services in accordance with federal regulations and state and local law.

[Competitive hourly rate based on experience with paid windshield time (driving in between clients), paid mileage at .60 per mile between clients. Home health experience would be considered in pay. Hours are typically 8-4:30 M-F but is flexible, and could be 4 day /10 hour position (40 hr per week) or 4 day/ 8 hour position (32 hr per week). There would be an after hours/ weekend call rotation for the Home Health pt's in the area. Counties covered would be Grundy, Daviess, Sullivan, and Livingston shared with our Brookfield nursing staff. [8 Paid holidays and 2 floating holidays for employees who average more than 30 hrs per week. Full benefit package. [Apply at https://www.servelinkhomecare.com/employment-opportunities [Essential Functions: [Patient Care/Skilled Nursing:]{arial",sans-serif"=""}]{arial",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{aptos",sans-serif"=""}]{arial",sans-serif"=""}]{arial",sans-serif"=""}**

Making the initial assessment visit. Assessing the family and individual needs and re-evaluating the patient's nursing needs at specific time intervals.

Initiating the plan of care by providing skilled services, including appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing care and those services requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill.

Regularly monitoring and re-evaluating the patient's plan of care by ongoing assessments.

Coordinating the patient's needs with the family's abilities and resources in an attempt to achieve patient recovery and/or rehabilitation.

Providing appropriate patient/caregiver education based on the assessed needs.

Communication with the physician of record in regards to changes in patient status, review/revision of the plan of care, and obtaining supplemental orders as needed and documenting all communication with physicians.

Responsible for providing patient care in accordance with Serve Link Home Care's approved clinical policies and procedures and accepted standards of practice.

Providing patient/caregiver with information regarding patient rights and responsibilities, advance directives, home safety measures, who to contact, what to do in an emergency and the on-call procedure.

Maintaining all patient information as confidential.

Utilizing appropriate infection control measures in the provision of patient care.

Preparing and submitting written clinical and progress notes.

Coordinating services, informing the physician and other personnel of changes in the patient's condition and needs. Participating in case conferences, documenting discussions in the patient's clinical record. Coordinating patient care by personnel within and outside the agency and planning for patient discharge. Making referrals to appropriate and necessary services based upon identified patient care needs.

Providing and documenting patient discharge instructions.

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