Home Health RN
Cedar City, UT
Host Healthcare
5x8 hrs, Days
Referral Bonus

Job Opportunity: RN - Homecare

Job Summary

• Provide professional nursing care to adult and pediatric Hospice/Home Health patients and their families in a home setting.
• Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
• Work autonomously while delivering care in compliance with hospice/home health policies, legal, and regulatory standards.
• Utilize nursing process, technology, therapeutic interventions, evidence-based practice, and coordinate care with interdisciplinary team members.
• Perform assessments of physical, social, psychological, cognitive, communicative, and developmental status.
• Collaborate with patients, families, physicians, and other team members to develop and update individualized care plans.
• Direct and coordinate care delivery through delegation and collaboration.
• Evaluate patient responses and revise care plans as needed.
• Maintain professionalism by adhering to legal and ethical standards, providing accurate documentation, and promoting nursing development.
• Electronically transfer patient files to the office at least twice daily.

Contract Length

• Approximately 13 weeks (89 days rounded to nearest week).

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Utah.
• Minimum 2 years of Home Health nursing experience, including experience within the last year.
• Experience in Acute Care and Hospice settings.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN).
• Experience working with adult and pediatric patients.
• Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Basic computer skills.
• Ability to transfer patients independently.
• Reliable access to the internet or ability to commute to the office twice daily for electronic file transfers.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to see and read information, labels, and assess patient needs.
• Frequent verbal communication and ability to hear alarms and spoken information quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity for handling complex equipment and frequent computer use.
• Ability to lift and transfer patients, bend, carry supplies and equipment, including heavy items.
• Ability to walk, assist with patient ambulation, and navigate crowded or uneven environments.
• Ability to drive a vehicle safely.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience as an RN.
• Previous experience in Acute Care, Home Health, or Hospice settings.

Prior Travel Experience

• Not specified / not required.