Home Health LPN Field Staff PRN
About The Position
The company fosters a work environment where employees are passionate about their mission, providing healing, eradicating loneliness, and contributing to efficiencies. They deliver healthcare services across Ohio, including home health and hospice care. The LPN Field Staff is responsible for the planning, coordination, and delivery of quality home health and hospice care and services, ensuring compliance with company, federal, state, and local standards. The organization operates 11 life plan communities offering a range of living options and extends care to over 10 million Ohioans in 43 counties through various services, including home health, hospice, palliative medicine, physician and nurse practitioner services, a Medicare Advantage plan, and pharmacy services. The Ohio Living Foundation supports these efforts through charity care and special programs. For over 100 years, the company's mission has been to care, support, and enrich the lives of its residents and communities.
Requirements
- Current unencumbered license for the state of Ohio to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
- One year experience in acute care.
- Proficiency with Windows, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and the internet.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand the English language.
- Must possess a valid driver's license and acceptable driving record.
- Must be insurable under professional liability and crime coverage policies as specified by insurance carrier underwriting standards.
Nice To Haves
- One year experience in medical-surgical nursing.
- Experience in a Medicare-certified home health agency.
- Proficiency with electronic medical records (EMR).
Responsibilities
- Provides ongoing assessment and nursing care to patient in homes and health care facilities.
- Ensures an accurate evaluation of patient needs, develops and implements a comprehensive care plan that addresses current needs.
- For home health, identifies when patients need or qualify for additional services and notifies appropriate team member or team leader.
- Follows current nursing professional standards of practice and agency approved protocols for home health and hospice.
- Provides quality plan and symptom management for the comfort of patients.
- Communicates with other health care providers about changes in condition and patient needs.
- Assesses patient and caregiver needs and provides education when necessary.
- Commitment to high quality customer service for internal and external customers.
- Oversees the implementation of the patient’s plan of care.
- Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan on an ongoing basis.
- Prepares for IDG by reviewing Care Plan, reconciling medications and projecting patient/family needs, if applicable.
- Audits and maintains current and accurate patient records through use of laptop computers and paper/chart documentation in accordance with policies, federal, state, and local guidelines.
- Participates in quality improvement projects as needed.
- Maintains knowledge of requirements of regulatory agencies, accrediting bodies, and third party payers.
- All other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
