Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)

Aveanna Healthcare•Westfield, MA

About The Position

Join a Company That Puts People First! Aveanna Healthcare Our Certified Business Line offers both short-term and long-term care services, catering to individuals under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as those with Private Insurance and Private Pay. We serve a diverse patient population with varying needs, including individuals with chronic conditions, behavioral health challenges, monitoring requirements, skilled nursing, and therapeutic needs. Our patients span all age groups, from children to geriatric individuals. Our services involve a range of medical and non-medical assistance provided through visits to the individual's own home. These services include Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Home Health Aide Services. Aveanna's services are tailored to individual's needs and can significantly improve the quality of life for those who need short-term assistance but wish to remain in their own homes. Position Overview The Licensed Practical Nurse is an essential part of the team responsible for providing and documenting skilled nursing care in accordance with the developed care plan and physicians' orders for each individual patient while adhering to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times. Award-Winning Culture Indeed's Work Wellbeing Top 100 Company in 2024 Best Company for Work-Life Balance, Happiest Employees and Culture and Best CEO in 2024, as ranked by Comparably Why Join Us? Health, Dental, Vision and Company-Paid Life Insurance Paid Time Off Available Flexible scheduling- full-time, part-time, or PRN. Days, nights, and weekend shifts— we will work with your availability! 24/7 Local support from operators and clinicians Aveanna has a tablet in each patient's home allowing for electronic documentation Career Pathing with opportunities for skill advancement Weekly and/or Daily Pay Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount Employee Relief Fund Newly hired Variable Hour and Part Time employees are measured for eligibility into our ACA Benefits plans over their first twelve months of employment (also known as the Initial Measurement Period). Employees who work at least 130 hours per calendar month over this Initial Measurement Period will be invited to enroll in our ACA Benefits Plans, which offer an array of enhanced benefit plan options. If you meet the requirement under the twelve-month Measurement Period, you will also be eligible for your choice of major medical plans, dental and vision coverage. Essential Job Functions Deliver quality patient care in compliance with physician orders under direction of their Registered Nurse teammate. • Perform the continuum of hands-on client care through documentation and timely communication with the client's physician and other caregivers Recognizes changes in patient needs and responses requiring intervention and implements care to prevent risk or reduce risk. • Educate clients and their family members based on client's specific needs. Provide care in patients home using a variety of skills such as phone triage, patient education, observation/assessment, wound care, infusions, catheter care, PICC line dressing changes etc

Requirements

Attention to detail
Time Management
Effective problem-solving and conflict resolution
Good organization and communication skills
Must be able to speak, write, read and understand English
Must be able to travel
Must be able to lift 50 pounds
Prolonged walking, standing, bending, kneeling, reaching, twisting
Must be able to sit and climb stairs
Must have visual and hearing acuity
Must have strong sense of smell and touch
Must be able to sufficiently reposition patients and move equipment without assistance
Must be able to appropriately respond physically and mentally to emergency situations in the home or during transport
Must be able to function in a wide variety of environments which may involve exposure to allergens and other various conditions
Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids and infectious diseases

Responsibilities

Deliver quality patient care in compliance with physician orders under direction of their Registered Nurse teammate.
Perform the continuum of hands-on client care through documentation and timely communication with the client's physician and other caregivers
Recognizes changes in patient needs and responses requiring intervention and implements care to prevent risk or reduce risk.
Educate clients and their family members based on client's specific needs.
Provide care in patients home using a variety of skills such as phone triage, patient education, observation/assessment, wound care, infusions, catheter care, PICC line dressing changes etc

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision and Company-Paid Life Insurance
Paid Time Off Available
Flexible scheduling- full-time, part-time, or PRN. Days, nights, and weekend shifts— we will work with your availability!
24/7 Local support from operators and clinicians
Aveanna has a tablet in each patient's home allowing for electronic documentation
Career Pathing with opportunities for skill advancement
Weekly and/or Daily Pay
Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount
Employee Relief Fund
Newly hired Variable Hour and Part Time employees are measured for eligibility into our ACA Benefits plans over their first twelve months of employment (also known as the Initial Measurement Period). Employees who work at least 130 hours per calendar month over this Initial Measurement Period will be invited to enroll in our ACA Benefits Plans, which offer an array of enhanced benefit plan options. If you meet the requirement under the twelve-month Measurement Period, you will also be eligible for your choice of major medical plans, dental and vision coverage.