Visiting Nurse Behavioral Health (RN) - Home Care

Description

Work where every moment matters.
 
Every day, almost 30,000 Hartford HealthCare employees come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here.  We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network as a Visiting Registered Nurse.  

Hartford HealthCare at Home, the largest provider of homecare services in Connecticut, has been fulfilling our mission for more than 115 years.  Our Person-Centered Care Model allows our employees to learn and grow within our organization, all while providing integrated support to the patient.  As part of Hartford HealthCare, we leverage cutting edge technology to provide quality care in our client’s home.  Most importantly, our employees are appreciated for the real differences they make in both the lives of their clients and their clients’ families. 

The Visiting Nurse Case Manager, Behavioral Health/Dementia Health, ensures quality and safe delivery of  comprehensive short-term intermittent nursing and home health services. Provides evaluation and assessments, acute psychotherapeutic and/or supportive interventions for patients and caregivers, and linkage to the community to maximize their level of functioning.

JOB DUTIES:

Evaluation and assessment using evidenced based Assessment Tools for Behavioral and Dementia care.

Develops, implements, evaluates  plans of care for patients and when appropriate caregivers.  Addresses problems with plan of care, attends and initiates client case conferences, provides coordination of the plan of care and maintains continuity of care with other health professionals assigned to the case and communicates recommendations for additional home health care services to the appropriate individual in a timely manner.

Provides education, supervision, and counseling to the adults regarding  home nursing procedures and other care needs as appropriate to client's needs. 

Documents timely and accurate computer entry of patient/job information to facilitate the development of the OASIS data set, orders for service, creation of time sheets and other required patient/employment documents and reports.

Qualifications