Venture Forthe is a premier home health care agency in Central and Western New York that operates on the fundamental premise that every individual has the right to remain independent and make their own choices. We advocate for the needs and goals of our clients, because everyone deserves to choose their own path through each stage of life.

Venture Forthe’s commitments to treating people with respect, compassion, and honesty don’t end with our clients. When you work for Venture Forthe, this family-owned company treats you as part of that family. We empower our employees to turn a job into a career, and we take pride in rewarding the hard work it takes to achieve your goals. Our team is always growing.

We are currently hiring for an RN Assessor (Per Diem) in any of our regional areas!

Rate of Pay: Up to $150/Assessment

POSITION SUMMARY:

• Provides assessment of newly referred patients, assesses health needs and eligibility for home care.
• Performs patient assessments and re-assessments in the home.
• Communicates with referrers/discharge planners to review eligibility for agency services and to develop and coordinate the plan of care.
• Reassesses patient’s needs for services and discusses any changes in the plan of treatment with patient physician/family.
• Prepares written documentation and summaries of the patient’s progress as needed for continuation of home health services.
• Communicates changes in the patient condition/home environment, social structure etc. as appropriate.
• Attends professional and required in-service programs annually
• Participates in the agency CQI/PI Program, as requested.
• Other assignments within the RN Practice Act.

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Qualifications:

• NYS Licensed and currently registered as a Registered Professional Nurse.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to speak effectively before customers/patients or employees of the agency.
• Ability to perform mathematical operations as related to medication calculations, units of American money and weight measurement, volume and distance.
• Good Organizational writing, communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

LIGHT WORK: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.

WORK ENVIRONMENT: Office and Community

Venture Forthe Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of any kind: Venture Forthe, Inc. is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.