Registered Nurse- Tyler, TX

Encompass Home Health (EHH), Tyler, TX
(Full time,Per Diem/Locum)

Company Overview

JOIN A STRONG, INNOVATIVE LEADER IN HOME HEALTH CARE.

Located across Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and New Mexico, we're not only the local favorite; we've also garnered national respect. Encompass Home Health is a Medicare-certified home health care agency that offers a revolutionary approach that has established a better way to care. Starting with a single location, our network has grown to over fifty-five home care branches and fifteen well-respected agencies with $130 million in annual revenues. Encompass is rapidly becoming the standard for patients who need superior in-home care and the sophisticated technology to get them there. We offer:
First-class patient care
Leading technology
Proven processes
Unwavering commitment to regulatory compliance
Corporate stability
Local administrators and clinical staff
Above all, Encompass is driven by our focus on superior patient care. This commitment to providing quality care, combined with an exceptional management team and sound financial partner means Encompass is equipped with the industry knowledge, growth skills and the financial support necessary to ensure we remain the leader in innovative home health services.

BETTER CARE STARTS WITH BETTER PEOPLE.

Our Encompass team members are taking part in the development of an innovative way to provide better care. Our unique paperless approach to in-home patient care gives our clinical teams the freedom to do what they want most - provide compassion and care. Our high quality teams are coupled with state-of-the-art technology to ensure patients receive the best possible treatments and personalized care.

Skilled Nursing

The quality of our nurses, coupled with our state-of-the-art technology, ensures that our patients receive the most comprehensive care available. It's all done in the comfort of patients' homes so they can stay out of long-term recovery facilities and gain independence at home. Medicare-covered skilled nursing services may include, but are not limited to:
Diabetes care and management
Infection prevention
Observation and assessment
Education and training activities
Wound care
Pain management
Medication administration per Medicare guidelines
Evaluation of need for special devices and equipment for more mobility
Foley catheter care and management
Skilled Therapy

Our Encompass Home Health skilled therapists work with patients and physicians to develop and implement individualized therapy programs to improve quality of life for our patients. Whether it's improving our patients' mobility or helping them communicate better, we've got it covered.

Physical therapy offers:
Restored balance
Improved mobility
Reduced risk of falling
Occupational therapy provides:
Improvement in daily tasks and essential activities of daily living
Recommendations and fittings of self-help orthotic devices
Creation of a safe and secure home environment
Speech therapy includes:
Help with cognitive abilities
Improved ability to communicate
Improved ability to swallow safely
Disease Management

At Encompass Home Health, our goal is to ensure that patients understand their disease process to promote safety and proper disease management at home. Our multi-disciplined and continuum-based approach to disease management includes:
Collaborative practice model between
physician and home health staff
Proven clinical pathways
Disease-specific protocols
Focused patient self-management education plan
Long-term process and outcome measurement, evaluation and management
Our protocols for disease management ensure effective and quality care of the most commonly diagnosed diseases. These include:
Diabetes Mellitus
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Gait Disorders
Congestive Heart Failure
Hypertension
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Urinary Disorders
Wounds
ADDITIONAL SERVICES. ADDITIONAL CARE.

Total care requires more than just medicine. Our medical social workers assist with community services and short-term counseling for families and patients receiving in-home health care. These services also include:
Assessment of impact of social and emotional factors
Assessment of patient's non-skilled healthcare needs
Assistance with coordinating, obtaining and qualifying for community resources
PERSONAL. PROFESSIONAL.

Each experience should be personal. Our home health aides take care of each patient in a professional and respectful manner. Providing assistance with the activities of daily living is one of our specialties. These services may include getting in and out of bed, walking, bathing, and dressing. Anything that makes our patients feel more comfortable is important to us. We are committed to the well being of all Encompass team members and their families. Our comprehensive benefits program includes fully paid health, dental and life insurance coverage, matching 401(k) savings plan and a generous Paid Days Off program. We also offer several voluntary benefit extension programs. In addition, company vehicles are available to full-time field staff as well as part-time field staff who may qualify.

Encompass Home Health
6688 N. Central Expressway
Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75206

Encompass Home Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, disabling condition, marital status or sexual orientation in admission or access to treatment or employment.
Job Description

Full and Part Time Positions are Available





Want to work for a company that puts people first? Encompass Home Health focuses on people...our patients and our employees! We offer you A BETTER WAY TO CARE!

ENCOMPASS HOME HEALTH is the largest Medicare certified home health company in Texas and Oklahoma and we are rapidly growing into New Mexico and Colorado. We employ over 2300 full and part-time employees. We can offer you the financial strength and stability other companies can not. Amidst economic crisis, 2008 was our best financial year ever. Our success is fhe result of our commitment to exceptional patient care, and to the extraordinary level of support we provide to our employees.

Our employees enjoy these benefits:



outstanding compensation
paperless documentation of patient data on hand-held pocket PCs,
flexible scheduling,
comprehensive health, dental, and life insurance
voluntary life, long term disability, and vision insurance
30 PDO days per year
401K savings plan with employer match
direct deposit
Company car program
most of all, a company that really cares!


As part of our team, you would be providing skilled nursing services to our patients in their homes. You would be coordinating our patients' care with their physicians and with our other staff members. Our pocket PC system allows real-time sharing of information to provide better care for our patients.


Come see for yourself! Apply today. Both Full and PRN opportunities are available, with great pay, benefits, and support!
Job Requirements

Successful candidates must meet the following requirements:



Must be licensed as a Registered Nurse.
Must have at least 1 year of clinical experience as a Registered Nurse.
Must possess a valid driver's license, and be capable of driving in all weather conditions.
Must be able to provide evidence of automobile liability insurance.
Previous home health experience is helpful, but not required.






Valerie Skinner
Encompass Home Health (EHH)
6688 N Central Expressway
Suite 1300
Dallas, TX 75206
United States
Tel: (877)330-7657
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( AllHealthcareJobs Job ID:602814 last updated on 10/22/2009)