Clinical Assessment, Clinical Medicine, Cross-Functional, Healthcare, Home Care, Hospital, Medications, Nursing, Patient Care, Quality Management, Registered Nurse (RN), Safety Standards, Telehealth
VCU Health is seeking an experienced RN for their innovative Hospital at Home program. This role provides acute-level "inpatient" care directly in the patient’s home environment. Patients are stable MedSurg-level individuals who are monitored 24/7 virtually via telehealth and require twice-daily physical visits from the Hospital at Home RN.
Key Responsibilities
- Acute Home Care: Deliver therapeutic interventions, clinical assessments, and medication management typically found in an inpatient setting within a patient's living space.
- Technology Integration: Utilize remote clinical care coordination and telehealth technology to monitor patients.
- Team Nursing: Work as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team to maintain high quality and safety standards for the "Hospital at Home" census (typically 10–12 patients).
- Visits: Conduct twice-daily physical visits to assigned patients to implement individualized plans of care.
Schedule & Environment
- Shifts: 8 or 12-hour shifts (07:00–19:00 or 11:00–23:00)
- Rotation: Includes weekends and holidays.
- Orientation: 16 hours.
- Location: Based out of 1250 E Marshall St, Richmond, VA, servicing the surrounding community.