Elite Home Health Care

Nurse

• Plan, organize, and direct home health and hospice care
• Complete initial, comprehensive, and ongoing patient and family assessments
• Provide physical assessments, nursing care, medications, and treatments according to the physician’s plan of care
• Develop and revise individualized care plans and establish patient goals
• Initiate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures
• Counsel and educate patients and families on health care, medications, diet, self-care, and related needs
• Assist patients with activities of daily living and support self-sufficiency and comfort care
• Act as case manager and coordinate care for an assigned caseload
• Maintain accurate clinical notes and document pain and symptom management
• Communicate with physicians, community health professionals, patients, families, and caregivers
• Work with the interdisciplinary group and attend interdisciplinary group meetings
• Participate in on-call duties
• Ensure required equipment, services, and supplies are available
• Supervise ancillary personnel and delegate responsibilities when required
• Participate in continuing education, quality assessment, and performance improvement activities

Registered Nurse