Description

American Traveler is hiring a Home Health RN with at least 1 year of skilled home care experience and OASIS training to provide skilled visits in patients' homes.

Details

• Skilled Home Health setting serving Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and commercial insurance patients
• Handles general medical diagnoses and high-risk conditions including HF, COPD, MI, pneumonia, and stroke
• Provides post-op care, cardiopulmonary assessment, and basic wound care including ABI compression and wound vac dressings
• Performs Pleurx/Aseptdrain care, foley catheter changes, staple/suture removal, and PICC line or midline dressing changes
• Administers SQ/IM injections, performs venipuncture, and accesses/deaccesses SQ ports
• Completes 6-8 home skilled visits per day
• Schedule varies based on office needs, including Mon-Fri 8a-5p or 9a-6p shifts, Thurs-Mon or Fri-Tues rotations, and alternating weekend shifts
• Self-scheduling of visits and hours based on HomeCare office needs
• Uses laptop, MiFi, and portable printer for documentation via BayCare Forms, BayCare Scheduling, and Ace Timesheet systems

Requirements

• Active FL or Compact RN license required
• BLS certification required
• Minimum 1 year of skilled home health experience required; private duty nursing experience alone not accepted
• OASIS training and experience required
• Strong IV and phlebotomy skills required, including starting and maintaining IVs
• Wound care and wound VAC management skills required
• Experience with blood glucose monitoring and pro-time machine use required
• Valid driver's license and personal vehicle required for home visits
• COVID vaccination or exemption form required
• Flu vaccination or declination required, with mandatory mask wearing at all times if declined
• Cerner experience preferred

Additional Information

• Provides direct skilled nursing care to home health patients across a range of general medical and high-risk diagnoses
• Any solid color scrubs required
• Must be willing to float within the assigned area or to a nearby affiliate location as needed
• Former permanent employees must wait at least 12 months before returning as a traveler
• RTO is not accepted for this contract
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Candidates must reside more than 100 miles from the facility unless local rate rule applies