09/14/2021
The Home Health Primary Nurse is a professional nurse who coordinates and directs the home care patient’s care based on
individual patient needs. The Primary Nurse is responsible for independent management of the Home Health patient
population requiring the use of advanced assessment, teaching and decision-making skills. The nurse is responsible for
ensuring that appropriate referrals to other services are made, interdisciplinary conferencing takes place regularly, and
appropriate documentation is completed. Relevant knowledge and experience is consistently applied to new patient
populations.
The Home Health Primary Nurse cares for a caseload of home health patients by evaluating the patient for appropriateness of
home health and developing the home care plan in conjunction with the physician. S/he educates patients, families,
caregivers and community providers to safely perform care. S/he provides follow up by evaluating effectiveness of the home
care plan, and monitoring patient/family’s response to the plan. Each Home Health Primary Nurse belongs to a
geographically organized work team. The Home Health Primary Nurse also identifies performance improvement and home
health standard of care initiatives, and assists to design or implement programs to address needed changes.
The Home Health Primary Nurse has knowledge of home care regulations and third party reimbursement as it impacts the
delivery of services. This position will have on-call responsibilities and is under the general supervision of a Nurse Manager
