Duties and Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate knowledge of home health regulatory standards and policies of agency.
• Complete a thorough nursing assessment on admission.
• Initiates the plan of care and necessary revisions.
• Performs initial evaluation on patient visit and reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs on succeeding visits.
• Provide services or treatments requiring substantial and specialized nursing skill according with the written patient care plan and the signed plan of treatment
• Performs services in accordance with the plan of care.
• 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.
• Counsels the patient and family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Participates in and presents in-service programs.
• Processes orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition.
• Completes certification/recertification orders and discharge summaries.
• Refers to Physical Therapists, Speech Pathologist, Occupational Therapist and Medical Social
• Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills.
• Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
• Conducts patient care conferences on patient assigned to his/her care.
• Is available for on-call duty nights, weekends and holidays, as assigned.
• May supervise Licensed Practical Nurses and Home Health Aides.
• Assist the patients in day to day activities like bathing, dressing and general grooming.
• Assisting in movement of the patient using wheelchairs performing exercises and physiotherapy treatments.