Are you a Registered Nurse Interested in Home Health Care??

Where would you like to work? If you're looking for flexibility in your work environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you. With BrightStar Healthcare, YOU decide. BrightStar Healthcare is a rapidly growing in-home care provider and medical staffing solutions company. Our office is located in Gambrills, MD and we are looking for quality and compassionate RN's to make home care visits.

With BrightStar, your career opportunities are endless. BrightStar is dedicated to fulfilling your requirements and scheduling goals. Join the BrightStar Healthcare team and be appreciated again. You will have the opportunity to change someone’s life by providing them with quality care. Come join a company that cares about both their patients and Healthcare Professionals. Come join the BrightStar team and make a difference!

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Directs, initiates, and implements patient care plan
• Provides consistently high quality care to patients
• Takes and records patients’ vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assesses condition of patient
•  Explains procedures and treatments to patient to gain cooperation, understanding and allay apprehension. Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of patient .
• Administers prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques
• Sufficient knowledge of immunizations to assess patient reactions.
• Communicates well with other team members involved in flu shots, including supervisor and support staff.  
• Provides care in a safe manner, utilizing universal precautions and following applicable Agency policies. 
• Responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies, procedures and protocol 
• Documents nursing history and physical assessment for assigned patients

QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required:

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE 

• Must have a current /active driver’s license 
• Must have current  Basic Life Support (BLS) certification
•  Must have an active MD RN license (licensure from ‘compact’ states accepted) 
• Must have negative TB test in past yr and/or negative chest xray
• Copy of current  Physical, or Fit to Work letter
  
  COMMUNICATION SKILLS
  Ability to write routine reports and required correspondence as required by BrightStar guidelines. Ability to respond professionally and appropriately on behalf of BrightStar. Must be able to appropriately respond to and maintain confidential information at all times.
  
  BEHAVIORAL SKILLS
  Is familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures.Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. An RN requires the ability to prioritize and complete work on time, be detail-oriented, exhibit a service orientation to both staff and clients and be a professional team player with a positive attitude. Must possess the ability to handle confidential information and act as the BrightStar spokesperson. Must also possess the ability to respond appropriately in a balanced and objective manner in all situations. Excellent listening skills are essential. Requires outstanding organizational skills, problem solving skills, thoroughness, adaptability to shifting priorities and multi-tasking. Requires exceptional interpersonal skills and exhibit a service orientation towards others. Must have the ability to demonstrate solid judgment and discretion. Must also demonstrate a sense of understanding and urgency for priorities. Will require the ability to appropriately troubleshoot and escalate where necessary, problems/issues to the appropriate individual.
  
  TECHNICAL SKILLS
  Requires familiarity with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field.
  
  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.
  • Employee must be able to perform the essential functions of this job, such as physical requirements including (but not limited to) climbing stairs, the ability to lift/transfer patients and drive.
  • Successful candidate must submit to post offer, pre-employment physical examination/medical history check, drug screening and background check.
  • May be required to submit to annual TB and rubella screening. Ability to safely lift, and physically manipulate patients.
  • Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office/home environment
  • Moderate physical activity, occasional lifting up to 25lb, standing or walking for more than 4 hours per day
  • Home environment involves possible exposure to potentially dangerous materials and situations that require following safety precautions and may include use of protective equipment.