RN Clinical Field Staff Liaison Weekend/Evenings

RN Clinical Field Staff Liaison Weekend/Evenings

Requirements

• Three years of experience as an RN in an acute care setting
• Minimum one-year home health experience is preferred
• Ability to effectively communicate and create positive impressions with patients, families, physicians and co-workers
• Ability to remain calm, have patience and be accommodating. Compassionate and caring while working with patients
• Knowledgeable on nursing best practices and the scope of practice for a nurse as outlined in Chapter 4723 ORC for its RN personnel
• Ability to make appropriate nursing judgments
• Ability to identify a situation and handle it with the best possible solution
• Detail-oriented and observant
• Disciplined style of work ethic with the ability to prioritize and be timely
• Ability to follow directions and work as a team member
• Knowledge of MS Office applications including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance with your name as a listed driver

Responsibilities

• Responsible for covering workflow and supervising patient care needs during evening/weekend shifts and provides patient care, per agency needs.
• Triage incoming agency calls afterhours/weekends and when warranted, will write orders to add on call visits, schedule to appropriate on call staff and communicate with following physicians.
• Monitors evening/weekend assignments to align with agency census and potential afterhours visits.
• Serve as a resource for field staff, referral sources, physicians, patients and their families pertaining to clinical issues and/or concerns during evening/weekend hours.
• Facilitate calls to and from Field staff; uses resources to resolve issues and reports anything of concern to the physician and manager
• Work in the field with staff and patients as needed
• Maintains positive working relationships with referral sources including physicians, hospitals, skilled facilities, assisted livings and families
• Ensure Start of Care compliance
• Ensure quality and safe delivery of home health services
• Monitor Home Health Aide supervisory visits
• Focus on Outcome Monitors as assigned
• Implement quality improvement programs in the field
• Participates in managing cost of good working with monitoring supply costs and visits per episode
• Knowledgeable of Utilization Management workflow and completes timely.
• Review relevant reports: including next day high priority visits for assignment.
• Reviews clinical documentation in accordance with agency protocol and Medicare/Federal guidelines
• Maintains active RN license in state of employment
• Participates in in-service program development
• Maintains a professional appearance as a representative of the company
• Understands, implements and practices policies and procedures for agency operation
• Other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum one-year home health experience is preferred