LOCATION/DEPARTMENT: ST. PETERSBURG, FL/HOME HEALTH SERVICES
FLSA STATUS:    POOL/NON-EXEMPT
REPORTS TO: CLINICAL SUPERVISOR, NURSING

Organization Overview
Bon Secours St. Petersburg (BSSP) is a diverse long-term care organization providing a continuum of care to elderly individuals. BSSP offers high quality skilled nursing care, in-patient and outpatient rehabilitation, comprehensive home care services and state-of-the-art assisted living, all on a beautiful and well maintained campus.

BSSP is comprised of three facilities: Maria Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Care Center, a 274-bed licensed nursing care center offering skilled and long-term nursing with a dedicated Alzheimer’s unit. In addition, the Center for Rehabilitation provides a highly skilled in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation program. The second facility, Bon Secours Place is a 102-unit Assisted Living Facility (ALF) in partnership with Life Care Services, LLC of Des Moines, IA; one of the first ALFs to receive Joint Commission accreditation. In 2006, BSSP launched a new home health agency, Bon Secours St. Petersburg Home Health Services Inc., to provide nursing and rehabilitation services throughout the community. BSSP also provides select community programs for at-risk elderly.

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of BSSP that all applicants for employment and all employees are recruited, hired and assigned on the basis of merit without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable laws. BSSP also provides reasonable accommodations to disabled employees and applicants as required by law.

Our Values
All BSSP employees are expected to embody the values of Bon Secours and the Catholic healthcare ministry, and understand the appropriate balance between mission needs and fiscal responsibility while demonstrating these values in day-to-day actions. These values are:

• Respect - Treats all people well because all people have dignity.
• Justice - Supports, protects and promotes the rights of all individuals and has a special concern for the rights of the poor and dying.
• Integrity - Is honest in his/her dealings and behavior is consistent with his/her thoughts, feelings and actions.
• Stewardship - Is dedicated to the responsible and creative utilization of our resources to assure the continuance of our mission.
• Innovation - Continually searches within himself/herself and our partnerships for new ways to profoundly improve our services and life in the surrounding communities.
• Compassion - Experiences and expresses empathy with the life situations of others.
• Quality - Continually improves our system’s processes of care and service to our patients, physicians, co-workers and community through understanding their needs and striving to exceed their expectations.
• Growth - Is committed to the implementation of programs that inspire positive development in the organization, our co-workers, and our community; is sensitive to the changes necessary to meet this challenge.
  
  Position Summary
  The registered nurse plans, organizes and directs home care services and is experienced in nursing, with emphasis on community health education/experience.  The professional nurse builds from the resources of the community to plan and direct services to meet the needs of individuals and families within their homes and communities.
  
  Position Qualifications
  Experience: One (1) to two (2) years of recent acute care experience in an institutional setting. One (1) year of home health care experience preferred. One (1) year experience supervising home health aides. Must possess excellent observation, verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, basic math skills; nursing skills per competency checklist.
  
  Education & Licenses: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in the field of Nursing. Graduate from an accredited school of nursing. Current licensure in state, CPR certification and valid drivers license.
  
  Standard Physical Requirements and Work Conditions
  In accordance with federal, state, and local laws, certain physical skills are required for all positions within BSSP Home Health Care including, but not limited to: repetitive motions such as typing, answering phones, constant writing up to 80% of the time, lifting up to 20 pounds such as laptops, luggage, files, etc., 10% of the time, ability to view electronic monitors at close distances 80% of the time, or constant sitting for long durations 60% of the time, as well as frequent standing or walking 50% of the time.
  
  Work environment is in doors as well as outdoors while traveling to client homes and exposed to direct contact with elderly residents, staff members and family members. Constant interruptions are possible as well as the requirement for extended work hours beyond the traditional work hours including weekends and evenings. There is the potential to be subject to falls, burns from equipment, odors, etc., throughout the work day. The incumbent is subject to exposure to infectious waste, diseases, conditions, etc., including TB and the AIDS and Hepatitis B viruses, as well as blood, body fluids, tissues or respiratory secretions. The incumbent must be able to ambulate for eight hours per day.
  
  Duties and Responsibilities
  A represented summary of tasks to be performed by the incumbent is provided below. The incumbent may be asked to perform job-related duties/tasks other than those specifically stated in this description. The duties and responsibilities of the position are to be carried out in a manner that is consistent with the mission, values and operating principles of Bon Secours, and in line with the organizations Code of Conduct:
• Completes an initial assessment of patient and family to determine home care needs.  Provides a complete physical assessment and history of current and previous illness(es).
• Regularly re-evaluates patient nursing needs.
• Initiates the plan of care and makes necessary revisions as patient status and needs change.
• Uses health assessment data to determine nursing diagnosis.
• Develops a care plan, which establishes goals based on nursing diagnosis and incorporates therapeutic, preventive, and rehabilitative nursing actions.  Includes the patient and the family in the planning process.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.  Administers medications and treatments as prescribed by the physician.
• Counsels the patient and family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Provides health care instructions to the patient as appropriate per assessment and plan of care.
• Identifies discharge planning needs as part of the care plan development and implements prior to discharge of the patient.
• Acts as Case Manager and assumes responsibility to coordinate patient care for assigned caseload.
• Prepares clinical notes and updates the primary physician when necessary and at least every 60 days.
• Communicates with the physician regarding the patient’s needs and reports any changes in the patient’s condition; obtains/receives physician’s orders as required.
• Communicates with community health related persons to coordinate the care plan.
• Participates in on-call duties as defined by the on-call policy.
• Ensures that arrangements for equipment and other necessary items and services are available.
• Instructs, supervises and evaluates home health aide care provided every two (2) weeks.
  
  Standard Competencies
  All BSSP Employees contribute to the mission of Bon Secours not only in the results achieved, but also in the manner in which those results are accomplished. Successful BSSP employees respond to their own personal "call" and embody the values of Bon Secours and the Catholic healthcare ministry when addressing operational realities to produce strategic results. It is important to stress the importance of continued formation of Vocation and Values while also placing accountability around the following competencies identified as critical for the success of the incumbent within this position:
  
• Vocation
  
• Integration of Catholic Ministry – Has an understanding of the healing ministry of Jesus Christ and a working knowledge of the tradition, history, and structure of the Catholic Church and Bon Secours’ sponsor in order to protect and maintain the reserved rights and mission interest of Bon Secours.
  
• Values
• Self Development - Seeks out and accepts feedback, is a proactive learner, takes on tough assignments to improve skills, keeps knowledge and skills up-to-date, turns mistakes into learning opportunities.
  
• Focus
• Customer Focus - Builds customer confidence, is committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets achievable customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met, solicits opinions and ideas from customers, responds to internal customers.
  
• Action
• Teamwork - Meets all team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team leader to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a team atmosphere.
  
• Adaptability/Flexibility - Adapts to change, is open to new ideas, takes on new responsibilities, handles pressure, and adjusts plans to meet changing needs.