Are you an RN that is looking for an opportunity to provide outstanding care for patients in their homes? Do you have a passion for nursing, and cherish the patient-caregiver relationship? If you do, PHCS needs you!  PHCS has been providing quality home health care in Metro Milwaukee for over 30 years. 

We are in need of a Home Health RN to provide home health visits to our clients in the Metro Milwaukee area.  This position is full-time or part-time (we will work with your schedule.) If you are an excellent RN who is committed to going above and beyond to provide cares for your clients, we would love for you to join our team!

As a Home Care RN, you will visit multiple patients’ homes each day and provide them with a full range of personalized care, which may include such items as instruction on chronic disease management and medication, pain management, wound care, IV infusion, and post- operative instruction. Part of your job is to work with patients and provide the tools they need to ensure their own recovery. Seeing the end results of their recovery is just one of the many rewards of your position.

Your specific duties as a Home Care RN will include:

• Providing case management as described in state regulations for all cases involving nursing and therapy services
• Making the initial evaluation visit as applicable and re-evaluating each patient’s nursing needs on a regular basis
• Providing nursing services, treatments and diagnostic procedures requiring specialized skills and assuming full responsibility for each of your patients
• Participating in in-service programs, as well as training, and teaching other nursing personnel
• Developing and implementing the treatment plan for each patient under the direction of their physician
• Observing and reporting symptoms, reaction to treatments, drugs, and changes in the patient’s physical or emotional condition
• Initiating preventative and rehabilitative nursing procedures as appropriate for the patient’s care and safety. Effecting changes in environment to ensure patient safety and security.
• Maintaining clinical and progress notes for each patient receiving care and providing progress reports to their physician
• Coordinating services for patients as needed to other agencies and health care providers as appropriate.
• Counseling the patient and their family in meeting nursing and related needs
• Providing supervision of home health aide services and preparing written instructions for care provided by home health aides
• Maintaining confidentiality of patient and agency matters
• Submitting required documentation in a timely manner
• Reporting observed or suspected child or adult abuse pursuant to mandated requirements.
• Assisting the Administrator and Director of Nursing in decision making and policy formation as it pertains to the Home Care Program.
• Participating in surveys, studies and special projects as assigned
• Maintaining accurate time records
• Observing agency’s attendance requirements and dress code.
• Conserving agency resources and adequately maintaining agency property, supplies, and equipment.
• Adhering to all agency polices, including but not limited to, infection control and safety, education, reporting and practice implementation.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS: 

As a Home Care RN, you must be dependable, professional, and energetic with a positive and empathetic personality. You will also need to have strong organizational, assessment, and problem solving abilities. It is also important that you display excellent communication and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to interact well with patients, families, physicians, and staff.

Specific qualifications for the Home Care RN position include:

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
• Valid and current RN license in the state of Wisconsin
• CPR certified
• 1-3 years of nursing experience in home care is a plus, but not required
• Solid supervisory skills
• Excellent communication skills, flexible and able to interact positively with the rest of the staff.
• Strong sense of initiative and urgency in addressing unexpected patient crises
• Self-directed, able to work without presence of immediate supervisor.
• Commitment to regulatory compliance and to submitting all documentation in a timely fashion
• Demonstrated knowledge regarding exposure to body fluids and chemicals, as well as to some hazardous equipment
• Ability to see and hear adequately to respond to auditory and visual requests
• Evidence of adequate health status to perform duties
• Ability to pass a background screen
• Ability to travel as required. Current valid driver’s license and automobile insurance.
• Possess excellent computer skills (must be capable of charting electronically)
• Physical abilities to adequately perform described duties

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.  The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, and taste or smell.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

You can also apply in person at our office. Please call (414)541-6010 for instructions and to make an appointment.