CAREERS AT ESSENTIAL HOME HEALTHCARE
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Wound Care Nurse | Full Time
Wound Care Nurse | Full Time
What You Will Do:
As an Essential Home Health Care Wound Care nurse, you will have the unique opportunity to provide one-on-one, skilled nursing care and treatment to patients in their homes who have ostomies, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure sores, and incontinence. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate with health professionals, including physicians, to develop a home care plan to assist an individual, other clinical professionals, and their caregivers in managing and improving the patient’s condition at home.
Required Qualification
A current and unencumbered license to practice as a registered nurse in the state in which the employee is assigned to work. Board certified with the Wound, Continence, and Ostomy Nurses Society or board eligible with one (1) year to complete boards.
A bachelor’s degree in nursing or a higher degree in a related field is required.
A registered nurse with at least two (2) years of clinical care experience is required.
CPR certification that is currently valid
Current driver’s license, agency-mandated automobile liability insurance, and personal, dependable transportation to conduct home visits are all required.
Preferred Qualification
More than one (1) year of home health experience
Experience as a registered nurse with the adult population in a medical – surgical environment
What you will be doing
Performs the wound therapy evaluation visit, joint visits with the skilled nurse, and re-evaluates the patient’s nursing needs at each subsequent visit; initiates, develops, implements, and revises the patient’s Plan of Care in response to identified patient care issues.
Assist physicians in the care of patients who have stomas, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure sores, or incontinence, including stoma sitting, teaching, intermittent self-catheterization, and consultation.
Provides services that necessitate substantial and specialized nursing skills, such as evaluation, selection, and recommendation of supplies and equipment for patients with ostomies, draining wounds, fistulas, pressure sores, incontinence, and any other wound type of injury in accordance with the physician-signed Plan of Care.
Coordinates the plan of Care and ensures patient care continuity by liaising with other appropriate staff.
When necessary, actively participates in Team/Case Conferences and initiates Team/Case Conferences for complex and/or multi-disciplinary patients.
Supervises and instructs home health aides and LPN/LVNs. Changes in the Plan of Care are communicated to the appropriate staff.
The Essential Difference in your Career
Excellent Care
We take pride in providing exceptional, detailed service to our clients and their families or caregivers. Our professional representatives always respond to your concerns in a timely and courteous manner. Indeed, registered nurses are available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year to provide guidance and direction to our aides. Our home health aides and other staff are carefully screened and chosen for their skill, knowledge, dedication, compassion, demeanor, and professionalism.
Flexibility
Often, the need for home care arises unexpectedly, such as when a patient sustains a sudden injury or is discharged from a hospital or other care facility. Other times, a patient only requires assistance for brief periods of time or for specific tasks. As our aides are available for last-minute requests, brief shifts, specialized assistance, and other individualized requests, we gladly tailor our services to your specialized needs.
Comprehensive Care
We employ a wide range of trained professionals, allowing us to meet all of your home care requirements. Our staff includes nurses, home health aides, housekeepers, physical therapists, occupational therapists, social workers, and nutrition counselors.
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Essential Home Health Care is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified employees and applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, pregnancy, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, genetic predisposition or carrier status or any other legally protected characteristic.
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Our Mission
To assist our clients in maintaining a safe and healthy home environment conductive to achieving the highest level of functional independence in the comfort of their homes.