About the role
Overview Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance is required by hospital policy. Must pass a motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and must maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
Job Description Summary Coordinates and provides clinical care for patients transitioning to the home setting utilizing an Evidence-Based Practice approach. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Job Description Essential Functions:
- Provides nursing care using a Family Centered approach.
- Performs a variety of clinical skills, including but not limited to central line care, home infusion, wound care, assessment, and medication administration.
- Correctly calculates, prepares and administers medications by the five rights of medication administration.
- Provides Family Centered Care. Promotes and provides necessary patient and caregiver education for the patient’s prescribed therapies.
- Initiates clear and purposeful, written and verbal communications with the patient, family, and other members of the health care team to review nursing actions, patient/family response, and progress towards goals. Documents according to organizational standards, policies, and procedures.
- Clinical care and documentation aligns with Medicare/Medicaid Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission regulations, and Nationwide Children’s Homecare (NCH and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NC policies and procedures.
Education Requirement BSN, or ADN with commitment to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
Licensure Requirement
- Maintains a current Ohio Nursing License, required.
- Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance as required by hospital policy and position-specific requirements. Must pass motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications, and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
Skills
- Must have excellent critical thinking skills, good communication and customer service skills, and the ability to organize and manage time well.
- Ability to work independently, as well as within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Included skills, but not limited to, are pediatric assessment, infusion and central line care, injections, wound care and patient education.
Experience One year Pediatric and homecare experience, preferred.
Physical Requirements OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Depth perception, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Electricity, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Machinery, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel
FREQUENTLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Peripheral vision, Standing, Walking
CONTINUOUSLY: Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near
"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Nationwide Children’s is one of America's largest pediatric hospitals, an international leader in research and is ranked in all 10 specialties on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” list. Our staff, comprised of 1,600 medical professionals and over 15,000 employees, provides state-of-the-art pediatric care for 1.8 million patient visits annually. And, according to the Children’s Hospital Association, Nationwide Children's is the #1 provider of pediatric surgery in the country.
Our doctors represent every major pediatric sub-specialty. With over 50 locations throughout Ohio, signature programs include heart, cancer, gastroenterology and neonatology care, all of which are internationally recognized. Tim Robinson is CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which includes the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation and The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of a family’s ability to pay. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.
About the role
Overview Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance is required by hospital policy. Must pass a motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and must maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
Job Description Summary Coordinates and provides clinical care for patients transitioning to the home setting utilizing an Evidence-Based Practice approach. Practices professional nursing and promotes patient advocacy in accordance with the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses.
Job Description Essential Functions:
- Provides nursing care using a Family Centered approach.
- Performs a variety of clinical skills, including but not limited to central line care, home infusion, wound care, assessment, and medication administration.
- Correctly calculates, prepares and administers medications by the five rights of medication administration.
- Provides Family Centered Care. Promotes and provides necessary patient and caregiver education for the patient’s prescribed therapies.
- Initiates clear and purposeful, written and verbal communications with the patient, family, and other members of the health care team to review nursing actions, patient/family response, and progress towards goals. Documents according to organizational standards, policies, and procedures.
- Clinical care and documentation aligns with Medicare/Medicaid Conditions of Participation, Joint Commission regulations, and Nationwide Children’s Homecare (NCH and Nationwide Children’s Hospital (NC policies and procedures.
Education Requirement BSN, or ADN with commitment to obtain BSN within 5 years of hire.
Licensure Requirement
- Maintains a current Ohio Nursing License, required.
- Valid Ohio driver’s license and proof of auto insurance as required by hospital policy and position-specific requirements. Must pass motor vehicle background inspection, insurance eligibility, driving qualifications, and training set forth by Nationwide Children’s Hospital and maintain qualification of insurance guidelines.
Skills
- Must have excellent critical thinking skills, good communication and customer service skills, and the ability to organize and manage time well.
- Ability to work independently, as well as within a multi-disciplinary team.
- Included skills, but not limited to, are pediatric assessment, infusion and central line care, injections, wound care and patient education.
Experience One year Pediatric and homecare experience, preferred.
Physical Requirements OCCASIONALLY: Bend/twist, Biohazard waste, Blood and/or Bodily Fluids, Chemicals/Medications, Climb stairs/ladder, Communicable Diseases and/or Pathogens, Depth perception, Driving motor vehicles (work required) *additional testing may be required, Electricity, Lifting / Carrying: 0-10 lbs, Lifting / Carrying: 11-20 lbs, Machinery, Patient Equipment, Pushing / Pulling: 0-25 lbs, Reaching above shoulder, Repetitive hand/arm use, Sitting, Squat/kneel
FREQUENTLY: Audible speech, Color vision, Peripheral vision, Standing, Walking
CONTINUOUSLY: Decision Making, Hearing acuity, Interpreting Data, Problem solving, Seeing – Far/near
"The above list of duties is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by individuals assigned to this classification. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive list of duties performed by the individuals so classified, nor is it intended to limit or modify the right of any supervisor to assign, direct, and control the work of employees under their supervision. EOE M/F/Disability/Vet"
About Nationwide Children's Hospital
Nationwide Children’s is one of America's largest pediatric hospitals, an international leader in research and is ranked in all 10 specialties on U.S. News & World Report’s 2024-25 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” list. Our staff, comprised of 1,600 medical professionals and over 15,000 employees, provides state-of-the-art pediatric care for 1.8 million patient visits annually. And, according to the Children’s Hospital Association, Nationwide Children's is the #1 provider of pediatric surgery in the country.
Our doctors represent every major pediatric sub-specialty. With over 50 locations throughout Ohio, signature programs include heart, cancer, gastroenterology and neonatology care, all of which are internationally recognized. Tim Robinson is CEO of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, which includes the Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Nationwide Children’s Hospital Foundation and The Center for Family Safety and Healing at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
As home to the Department of Pediatrics of The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Nationwide Children’s physicians train the next generation of pediatricians and pediatric specialists. The Abigail Wexner Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital is one of the Top 10 National Institutes of Health-funded freestanding pediatric research facilities. Nationwide Children’s remains true to the original mission since its founding in 1892 of providing care regardless of a family’s ability to pay. More information is available at NationwideChildrens.org.