Role and Responsibilities
Administer direct skilled nursing care to patients, in accordance with physician’s orders.
Essential Functions
- Provide hands-on, skilled nursing care in accordance with physician’s orders.
- Provide health education to the patient and family.
- Assess patient response to the plan of care interventions and communicate changes to the case manager.
- Collaborate and share findings with the multidisciplinary care team.
- Document those services rendered to the patient, note changes in the patient’s condition and/or family and home situations.
- Document communication with case manager and physician.
- Meet visit productivity requirements and conduct other home visits (SOC/ROC, recertifications, discharges) as requested by clinical manager.
- Other duties as assigned.
This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Education Requirements
- Current, valid RN license issued by NYS Department of Education.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Community health experience preferred.
- Valid and unexpired NYS Driver’s License.
- Current CPR certification.
- Strong communication and documentation skills.
- Critical thinking skills, and ability to function autonomously.
- Clinical Competency of nursing skills.
- Works as team player and collaborates with the patient care team.
Work Environment
The RN Procedure Nurse is primarily in a non-office setting and may be exposed to outdoor conditions.
The working conditions are classified as medium work:
- Medium work - Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Medium work involves sitting and standing.
Physical Requirements
The following is a description of the physical requirements on a daily basis for the RN Procedure Nurse. While performing the duties of the job the employee is regularly expected to:
- Stand
- Sit
- Hear
- Walk
- Talk
- Stoop or kneel
- Repetitive motion
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
EOE/AA Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran
Skills Required
- Current, valid Registered Nurse license issued by the New York State Department of Education
- Valid and unexpired New York State driver's license
- Current CPR certification
- Community health experience
- Strong communication and documentation skills
- Critical thinking skills and ability to function autonomously
- Clinical competency in nursing skills
- Ability to collaborate and work as part of a patient care team
What We Do
HCR Home Care, a leader in Home Health Care for over 45 years, is committed to providing the best quality patient care and superior service, and we now service 25 counties across New York State. HCR is an employee-owned company, offering YOU an active partnership in our business. Our employees play an important role in treating people and keeping them safe and healthy in the comfort of their own homes, and we believe our employees are the reason HCR is able to provide award-winning home care. Consider a career at HCR! We offer competitive pay and benefits, continuing education and training opportunities, and utilize state-of-the-art technology. HCR has been providing care management services through New York's Medicaid Health Home program since 2013. In 2016 HCR launched HCR Care Management, LLC, in support of this growing business. Care Managers oversee and provide access to services for patients enrolled in the program. We are continually looking for additional Care Managers and other support staff as we continue to expand this business.






