LPN Home Health

About the role

The role involves providing direct and indirect nursing care to patients in their homes under the supervision of an RN. Responsibilities include implementing and evaluating nursing care plans, ensuring a safe and comfortable environment, and communicating patient care issues to the primary RN and administrative staff.

Responsibilities

• Performs and monitors basic patient care according to policies and procedures.
• Uses the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate patient care.
• Provides a safe and comfortable environment in the patient's home.
• Maintains patient confidentiality.
• Completes assignments in a timely manner.
• Communicates patient care problems or potential problems to the primary RN, Administrative Staff, and/or other IDT members.
• Completes and documents full system assessment, including assessment of physical and psychosocial aspects.
• Completes and documents patient status and care or services furnished in appropriate areas as defined by the documentation policy and procedure.
• Documents patient status and care or services furnished in appropriate areas as defined by the documentation policy and procedure.
• Provides appropriate documentation of nursing intervention, patient response, effectiveness, complications, and other pertinent information with RN supervision.
• Performs CPR when directed by patients' wishes/appropriate representative.
• Completes and monitors treatments and procedures such as vital signs, patient weights, specimen collection, ostomy care, urethral catheterization, pressure wound care, dressing changes, oral suction, ROM, bladder training, bowel training, patient ambulation/transfer and positioning, pacemaker management, diabetes care, and post-mortem care.
• Performs and monitors patient teaching according to the policy and procedures.
• Coordinates care so that medications are administered as ordered by a physician and in compliance with the Medication Administration Standards.
• Reports changes in level of care to primary RN and Administrative staff.
• Understands the stages of death and dying as it relates to home health patients.
• Performs post mortem care as needed.
• Performs the following technical skills and duties: IV Therapy, IV Ports, PICCs, TLC catheters, sterile dressing changes, antibiotic therapy, TPN, Chemo Infusions, wound vacs, all aspects of sterile wound care, Pleurx drain care, Ostomy care, Trach care, Gtube care, Foley and suprapubic caths, and Revolution Device changes.

Requirements

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi-state Licensed Practical Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Valid driver’s license.
• CPR certification within 30 days of hire date.
• One year of Home Care Nursing preferred.

Qualifications

• Education, Certification, and/or Licensure: Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi-state Licensed Practical Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).

Skills

• Demonstrates competency in technical and clinical skills, completes skills checklist, and correctly performs these skills daily as required.
• Administers medications by all acceptable routes as ordered by physician and authorized by RN according to accepted policy and procedure.
• Communicates plan of care and patient needs effectively, in a multi-disciplinary fashion to any and all involved persons and/or departments.
• Anticipates teaching of needs of each patient, modifying, adapting, executing, and evaluating the plan on a regular basis.
• Complies with safety policies and procedures.
• Complies with Federal, State, and local regulations/laws.

Benefits

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Pay

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Schedule

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