Case in Charlotte, 28226 (LPN/RN):

NIGHT SHIFT (15 hrs): Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays & PRN (9p to 12p)
58 y.o. Male, Oriented, WC bound, ADLs, Hemorrhoid care, Dx: Quadriplegic

Helms Home Care is seeking to hire several full-time and part-time Licensed Practical Nurses and Registered Nurses for hourly private-duty home care. Patients live in and around the greater Charlotte metro areas. Applicants are matched with patients based on their skills, geographic location and availability. Patients range from fully dependent (non-ambulatory with full-time ventilator) to partially dependent. Applicants should be familiar with home skilled nursing needs (medication administration, ventilators, gastrostomy, tracheostomy, ADLs, PROM, lifting/moving, etc.).

Applicants should possess a current NC or Compact State nursing license and be familiar and competent in the duties of caring for a home health patient with possible equipment such as a G-tube. Applicants must also have reliable transportation, and be able to communicate promptly with our scheduling personnel. Pay is based on experience and is competitive, and Full time positions offer benefits including health, dental, vision, IRA, and PTO.

Helms Home Care is a private-duty and infusion nursing services company based out of Denver, NC. Our mission is to serve patients with compassion and personalized care in their home.

Job Types: Full-time (Benefits), Part-time

This PRN position is available for licensed Registered Nurses located in NC, SC, VA and KY. This position involves providing infusion therapy nursing services to patients in their homes. Nursing skills/duties performed include catheter access & care (peripheral IVs, port-a-caths, PICC/central lines), vitals/assessments, medication administration (Abx, TPN, IVIG, and other specialty meds), blood draws, patient education on self-administration of medication, and other similar skilled nursing duties.

Registered Nurse should possess a current Registered Nurse license and be competent in the duties described above with a minimum 1 year experience in infusion therapy and/or catheter maintenance and care. Registered Nurse must also have reliable transportation, access to a printer/scanner/fax machine, and be able to communicate promptly with our scheduling personnel. Pay is allocated on a per visit basis and dependent on the length of the visit and distance traveled. Registered Nurse should have no less than 5 hours of time available each week to complete visit(s).

Helms Home Care is a skilled nursing services company centrally based out of Denver, NC. Our agency provides in-home infusion care to patients of all ages in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. Our company provides PRN positions to qualified Registered Nurse's with a desire to serve patients with compassion and personalized care in their home.

*The person that will best fit this role is someone who has a full time job but is looking for an addition to their income. We invite all RN’s registered in the state of North Carolina, preferably based in the Raleigh-Durham area, to apply.

Job Overview:
The Nurse will act as our client's service supervisor and will demonstrate the ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner under the direction of the Agency Director.

Responsibilities:

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psycho-social changes in the patient’s condition.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
• Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard.
• Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions.
• Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned unit/floor including establishing priorities.
• Other Registered Nurse (RN) duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) License for the state of North Carolina.
• Current Health Certificate (per facility Registered Nurse (RN) contract or state regulation).
• Current BLS card.
• One year prior Registered Nurse (RN) experience preferred.

*The person that will best fit this role is someone who has a full time job but is looking for an addition to their income. We invite all RN’s registered in the state of North Carolina, preferably based in the Raleigh-Durham area, to apply.

Job Overview:
The Nurse will act as our client's service supervisor and will demonstrate the ability to make clinical judgments in an effective and efficient manner under the direction of the Agency Director.

Responsibilities:

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care.
• Assess signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psycho-social changes in the patient’s condition.
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses.
• Documents the patient’s plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions.
• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the hospital policies and patient care outcome standard.
• Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions.
• Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned unit/floor including establishing priorities.
• Other Registered Nurse (RN) duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Current Registered Nurse (RN) License for the state of North Carolina.
• Current Health Certificate (per facility Registered Nurse (RN) contract or state regulation).
• Current BLS card.
• One year prior Registered Nurse (RN) experience preferred.

The Cambridge School of Weston seeks a registered nurse who enjoys working with adolescents and their families. He/she will work in a supportive role of our school nurse to primarily support our boarding students. We seek a caring professional who would enjoy working the second shift in a small independent boarding school community.

 

Specific Responsibilities for This Position Include:

• Provide afternoon and nighttime infirmary coverage.

• Dispense prescription and over the counter  medications to students as needed

• Document health center visits  through Nurses Office, our electronic student health records system

• Communicate with parents and dorm parents about students’ health

• Work in collaboration to support our full-time nurse 

• Keep dorms medical kits supplied with OTC medication and PPE

• Available to the administrator on duty during working hours

• Serves as liaison and contact with local hospitals and clinics as needed

• Assesses plans and evaluates patient care needs.
• Carries out physician orders.
• Administers prescribed medications, changes dressings, cleans wounds, monitors vital signs.
• Provides respiratory and ventilator management and monitoring for patients.
• Serves as the primary coordinator of all disciplines for well coordinated patient care.
• Monitors, records and communicates patient condition as appropriate utilizing computerized documentation systems.
• Instructs and educates patients and families.
• Assesses and coordinates patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Provides age and culturally appropriate care.
• Orients and mentors new staff members.
• Follows Standard Precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

• Current license in Nevada as a Registered Nurse.
• Will you accept pending license:   Yes
• Current Certifications Required: BCLS upon hire – ACLS within 30days of start , NIHSS. Preferred: CCRN.
• Passing score on Critical Care Test/ Rhythm interpretation examination. 

• 1+ years of current acute care hospital critical care experience

• Current knowledge and skills appropriate to the age/type of patient population served.
• Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
• Ability to communicate in a clear, concise manner appropriate to the developmental stage of the patient.
• Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.
• Ability to perform work that requires frequent standing, walking, bending, reaching, squatting, kneeling, moving, lifting of patients and/or equipment up to 50 pounds and exposure to patient elements and handling of emergencies and critical patient incidents.

•  34 Bed ICU  - Recently expanded the unit from 26 to 34 beds
• Nurse to Patient Ratio:  1 Nurse : 2 Patients; 1:1 for HACA, CRRT, donor, etc.
• Teamwork is the bases of the culture on this unit
• Type of culture (management style) of director or on the floor:  Team is core value of the unit developed by unit based council. Values and approach emphasized by floor manager.
• What has and hasn’t worked with personality/skill types:  Skills from other units that can translate to success in MICU is experience in ICU step-down unit, drip titration and management of critical ill patients.
• This unit is looking for candidates that have strong commitment to improving patient outcomes.