Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Home Health

About the role

Licensed Practical Nurse providing home health care in the Monroe region, full‑time (40 hours/week) with a schedule of 8:30 am–5:00 pm. Position is eligible for a sign‑on bonus up to $3,000 and a $500 referral bonus for internal teammates.

Responsibilities

• Assure/improve quality of care: utilize appropriate resources, adapt practice to evidence‑based standards, participate in risk reduction and patient safety efforts, document thoroughly to support reimbursement and regulatory requirements.
• Care and service coordination: recognize changes in clinical situations, consult RN, make sound clinical decisions, prioritize and organize patient care, ensure clear hand‑off communication (using SBAR and 5P’s), participate in interdisciplinary case conferences.
• Leadership/collaboration/professional development: demonstrate respect for peers, use resources to maintain current knowledge, demonstrate effective communication/feedback/conflict resolution, seek opportunities to enhance knowledge and skills, participate in staff meetings, in‑services, and educational activities.
• Patient relationship: develop therapeutic relationships, use adaptive communication and motivational interviewing, promote patient/family self‑care knowledge, implement individualized plan of care using SMART goals under RN supervision, involve patients in goal setting, provide care that exceeds expectations, incorporate AHHS Standards of Behavior.
• Business development and growth: adhere to personnel and operational policies, collaborate with RN to implement care plans that maximize efficiency and conserve resources, suggest resource utilization to RN.
• Patient education: assess readiness to learn, provide and adapt appropriate resource material using health literacy principles, apply systematic self‑care process under RN supervision.

Requirements

• Current LPN license in the state of practice.
• CPR certified.
• Able to demonstrate compliance with state continuing education requirements.
• Typically requires 1 year of experience performing assessments and providing treatments.
• Physical requirements: ability to lift/carry minimum 25 pounds (35 pounds without assistance for direct patient care), provide/arrange own transportation, work rotating weekends and holidays, attend mandatory meetings, full range of body motion (bending, sitting, standing, climbing stairs while carrying objects, pulling/pushing/reaching/carrying/lifting, assisting with ambulation and transfers, providing treatment on standard home beds).

Skills

• Basic computer knowledge (Microsoft Word, email) and ability to learn scheduling/documentation systems.
• Professional verbal and written communication with strong documentation skills.
• Good interpersonal, time management, and self‑organization skills.
• Proficiency in obtaining lab draws and reporting results to primary nurse or clinical manager.

Benefits

• Sign‑on bonus eligible up to $3,000 for qualified applicants.
• Internal teammates eligible for a $500 referral bonus.
• Benefits eligible (full‑time).
• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, dental, vision, life, short‑ and long‑term disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits: adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.

Pay

Pay range: $25.30 – $37.95 per hour.

Schedule

Full‑time, 40 hours per week; schedule 8:30 am–5:00 pm; coverage area: Monroe region.