At Home Instead, our team is leading the way in providing support and care to seniors in their own homes. It is through our dedication that our great reputation is spreading -with over 1200 offices around the world we are the leading choice for in home care for Seniors.
We are expanding our scope of services and looking for a confident practicing Registered Nurse to join our Vancouver office.
Objective:
Ensure client satisfaction, quality, and safety through regular contact and quality assurance visits, especially for those receiving medication and nursing services.
Exercise discretion and independent judgment in managing quality, clinical matters, risk, and CAREGiversSM training at Home Instead.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Maintain client journals by collecting service records and stocking them with appropriate documentation forms.
- Provide oversight and training for CAREGivers, both in-office and in the field.
- Supervise ongoing case management of all patients ensuring an accurate evaluation and treatment plan, maintaining our quality model, and utilizing services appropriately to achieve optimal outcomes.
- Maintains ongoing communication regarding patient care with physicians, referral sources, caregivers, patients, and associates to facilitate coordination of care. Assure physician approval of plans for continuity of care. Ability to communicate with patients of various levels of functioning and various types of personalities.
- Develop and update policies to improve the standard of care.
- Adhere to established confidentiality standards and privacy guidelines concerning community and patient information.
- Supervise and participate in emergency after hours support.
- Conduct specialized services training with individual CAREGivers who are serving high needs clients receiving specialized services. The training must include a return demonstration performed by the CAREGiver and signed off/dated by the nurse. This documentation must be retained in the CAREGiver’s employment file.
- Act as an expert adviser regarding the medication services and delegated specialized services training given to CAREGiver.
- Keep detailed documentation of all relevant phone and in-person contact with clients, client representatives, CAREGivers and others.
- Competitive Salary
- Benefits
- A positive and supportive environment where everyone is a team player
Ideal Candidate must possess:
- Positive attitude and team player
- Active LPN in BC
- Minimum 2 years Nursing experience
- Driver's license and a vehicle