Homecare Staff RN Home Healthcare Days/ Full-Time

Registered Professional Nurse

The Registered Professional Nurse is responsible for identifying the patient's alterations in health, assessing the patient's human response to actual and potential health problems, implementing nursing interventions based on theoretical concepts from nursing and other arts and sciences to achieve outcomes for the patient that facilitate resolution of alterations in health and actual and potential health problems, determining the effectiveness of nursing interventions by evaluating anticipated patient outcomes as needed to achieve optimal patient outcomes.

Whenever possible, the patient, the family, or those significant to the patient are an integral part of the assessment, planning intervention, and evaluation efforts of the Registered Nurse.

The Registered Nurse is responsible to supervise/direct care provided by Licensed Practical Nurses and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel. The Registered Nurse is responsible to assign/delegate care to other qualified members of the health care team. The RN coordinates care between other professional disciplines as needed.

Activities which contribute to a positive work and professional environment are performed.

The Registered Nurse provides and coordinates care to achieve the organization's mission of excellent patient care and nursing's vision of setting a new standard of excellence in autonomous and accountable nursing practice committed to patient advocacy and innovative patient care in a climate of trust and collaboration.

Requirements

• Current RN license in the state of Florida
• BSN and professional nursing board certification preferred at time of hire
• All nurses hired after July 1, 2014, without a BSN will be required to obtain a BSN within three years of hire
• All nurses hired after July 1, 2014, without a professional nursing board certification will be required to obtain a professional nursing board certification after two years of hire or at the certification eligibility date for those certifications requiring more than two years of experience
• One year of clinical-based experience preferred

Motor Vehicle Operator Designation

Employees in this position will operate vehicles for an assigned business purpose as a 'frequent driver.' A frequent driver is defined as one who uses his/her personal or Shands automobile:

• At least once daily
• At least five individual trips per week
• Drives, on average, over 150 miles per week in the performance of his/her job