RN, Mental Health, Visiting Nursing Assoc/Nazareth Home Care - United States
Description
Excellence Above All
VNA Nazareth Home Care, a service of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare, is the oldest and most experienced home health agency in the region. We have been recognized as one of the top 100 home care agencies in the country and our patient satisfaction ratings are in the top 5% in the nation. For more than 117 years, we’ve been caring for patients with a commitment to excellence that continues to surpass all other home care agencies. Our commitment to be the very best is exemplified by our JCAHO accreditation and our scores in the “Medicare Home Health Quality Measures”.
For the fifth consecutive year, Jewish Hospital has been ranked among the nation's top 50 hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's annual 'America's Best Hospitals' feature.
Description
Excellence Above All
VNA Nazareth Home Care, a service of Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's HealthCare, is the oldest and most experienced home health agency in the region. We have been recognized as one of the top 100 home care agencies in the country and our patient satisfaction ratings are in the top 5% in the nation. For more than 117 years, we’ve been caring for patients with a commitment to excellence that continues to surpass all other home care agencies. Our commitment to be the very best is exemplified by our JCAHO accreditation and our scores in the “Medicare Home Health Quality Measures”.
For the fifth consecutive year, Jewish Hospital has been ranked among the nation's top 50 hospitals in U.S. News & World Report's annual 'America's Best Hospitals' feature.
Required Experience
- This position develops, implements, monitors, and modifies a plan of care through an interdisciplinary and collaborative team process in conjunction with the MD, the client, and his or her caregiver.
- Educates client and family about community support services; facilitates the goal of self-care by the client and his or her family.
- Monitors the plan to ensure the quality, quantity, timeliness, and outcome measures of services; provides periodic reassessment to assure that services are appropriate and cost effective and do not increase the client's dependence.
Required
- Associates degree required, BSN preferred.
- Licensed RN in state of Kentucky.
- Minimum of 1 year clinical nursing experience required.
- Additional experience and/or certification for specialty areas.
Skills
- Demonstrated ability to function autonomously within area of professional expertise.
- Professional certification in specialty preferred.
- Excellent oral and written skills.
- Ability to relate to general and professional public, all levels of agency staff, and patients.
- Thorough knowledge of VNA's patient care standards, payor requirements (i.e., Medicare Home Health Agency Manual HCFA Publication 11), and internal agency communications as they relate to issues of compliance.
