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Love home health and hate documenting? Searching for a better work / life balance? Tired of charting after hours? Do you want to spend more time with your patients and family? We have a new and exciting program that allows you to utilize your clinical skills and provide care to your patients without extraneous documentation. Want to learn more? Apply today. AW Health Care is a St. Louis based, independently operated, women-owned enterprise. We recently celebrated our 20th anniversary in the home health industry. AW is a rapidly growing home health agency, with an innovative approach to patient centered care. Our team consists of over 400 employees serving over 1500 patients in Missouri and Illinois.
Job Responsibility
Provides services in accordance with the plan of care
Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs
Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions
Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills
Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures
Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy
Coordinates services
Informs personnel of changes in the condition and needs of the patient
Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs
Participates in and presents inservice programs
Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures
Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition
Completes certification/ recertification orders and discharge summaries
Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient
Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Licensed Clinical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills
Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel
Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/her care
Participates in peer review and performance improvement as assigned
Participates in utilization review of medical records as assigned
Gives total patient care as needed
Takes on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as assigned
Completes and submits OASIS assessments, reassessments, transfers, resumptions of care, discharges and significant change in condition in accordance with Agency defined time frames
Appropriately utilizes ICD-9 codes
Requirements
Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in the state(s) in which practicing
Two (2) years nursing experience, preferred
Acceptance of philosophy and goals of this Agency
Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment
Ability to participate in physical activity
Ability to work for extended period of time while standing and being involved in physical activity
Heavy lifting
Ability to do extensive bending, lifting and standing on a regular basis