AvoCare Palliative- Part Time LPN

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and provide home visits for palliative care patients who have a chronic or serious illness and need symptom management and/or education
• Document in EMR- assessment, patient status, and outcome, goals of care needs, after each visit
• Ensure regulatory compliance with documentation requirements
• Adhere to HIPPA at all times
• Identify patient needs and initiate appropriate goals updating as needed
• Communicate and coordinate on a consistent basis with members of team, other healthcare providers involved in pt care and Insurance Case Managers
• Act as a liaison and advocate for PC patients admitted to the hospital
• Participate and assist in any quality improvement or other studies involving palliative care
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and participate by providing patient updates
• Participate in regular scheduled staff meetings and inservices
• Notify patient prior to visit and communicate further visits scheduled
• Drive responsibly and safely to and from client’s place of residence
• Schedule priorities and maintain productivity utilizing time management
• Provide appropriate and thorough service to patients/clients, ensuring proper completion of services in an accurate and timely manner and in accordance with agency policy
• Determine discipline frequencies according to physician order and/or assessed needs
• Provide teaching to patient/client and answer health-related questions and document patient/client/caregiver understanding of education
• Maintain continuity of care and document communications with others within the health care team
• Demonstrate work that meets quality standards
• Absorb periodic auditing of paperwork of self/peers
• Adhere to Agency Code of Conduct, Standards of Practice, and Patients/Patient Rights
• Demonstrate professionalism in appearance, adhering to agency dress code
• Accessible transportation to and from patients visits
• Ability to lift 30 pounds, move intermittently throughout the workday, inclusive of sitting, standing and bending, pushing, pulling or moving objects and patients/clients

Qualifications

• RN or LPN with minimum of 3 years full-time equivalent experience
• Past nursing experience should be in a transferable or applicable clinical venue
• Currently licensed as a Registered or Practical Nurse to practice in the State of Arizona
• Demands clinical competency; ability to collaborate with others; ability to initiate and plan own work activities; effective time management skills and professionalism
• Possess and maintain good physical stamina and mental health