Job Summary
The role involves delivering expert nursing and rehabilitative care to adult and elderly clients in their residences. This includes performing assessments, triaging, reconciling medications, providing patient education, and managing wound care.
Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive assessments and triage for patients in a home setting.
- Perform medication reconciliation to ensure accuracy and safety in patient medications.
- Educate patients and their families on health management and care procedures.
- Administer wound care with a focus on healing and prevention of complications.
- Document all aspects of patient care and maintain accurate records.
- Monitor patient conditions to ensure safety and well-being.
- Independently handle urgent clinical situations as they arise.
- Collaborate effectively with a multidisciplinary team to coordinate patient care.
Qualifications
- Must possess a current nursing license with good standing.
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.
- Experience with OASIS documentation is essential.
- At least one year of recent hands-on experience caring for adult or geriatric patients in a relevant healthcare setting within the past two years.
