Home Health Nurse (LPN)
About The Position
St. Barnabas Home Care is seeking an experienced, compassionate, and dependable Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to provide skilled nursing services to patients in their homes. The role supports patients’ health, safety, independence, and quality of life by delivering care in accordance with plans of care, provider orders, agency policies, applicable regulations, and the Pennsylvania LPN scope of practice. This is a part-time position serving Butler, Allegheny, and Beaver counties, with travel throughout all three counties. The LPN documents and communicates care, coordinates with patients and the interdisciplinary team, and reinforces patient and caregiver education within the LPN scope of practice. The position involves providing care in private residences and other authorized home settings with varying environmental conditions.
Requirements
- Current, unrestricted Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in Pennsylvania.
- Graduation from an approved practical nursing program.
- Current CPR/BLS certification if required by the agency or applicable payer.
- At least 2 years of home health, community health, or rehabilitation nursing experience.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Ability and willingness to travel throughout Butler, Allegheny, and Beaver counties.
- Strong clinical, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with the interdisciplinary care team.
- Compassionate, professional, patient-centered approach to nursing care.
- Commitment to patient safety, confidentiality, and quality standards.
- Ability to travel to and provide care in patients’ residences and other authorized home settings.
- Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, reach, and perform routine nursing procedures.
- Ability to safely assist with patient positioning, transfers, and mobility within training and agency policies.
- Ability to work in home environments with varying space, temperature, cleanliness, and accessibility conditions.
Responsibilities
- Provide skilled nursing care in patients’ homes according to established plans of care, physician/provider orders, agency policies, and applicable regulations.
- Perform nursing interventions and treatments within education, training, demonstrated competency, and the Pennsylvania LPN scope of practice.
- Administer ordered medications and treatments within applicable legal and agency requirements.
- Monitor patient responses to medications, treatments, and nursing interventions.
- Observe and assess patients’ physical, functional, behavioral, and emotional conditions.
- Promptly communicate significant changes in patient status to the supervising RN and/or physician/provider.
- Promote patient safety, dignity, privacy, comfort, and independence in the home environment.
- Maintain accurate and timely documentation of nursing interventions, treatments, medications, patient responses, and significant observations.
- Maintain patient records in accordance with agency policies, Pennsylvania regulations, applicable federal requirements, and accepted nursing standards.
- Participate in interdisciplinary communication and care coordination as directed.
- Communicate with patients, families, caregivers, providers, RNs, therapists, home health aides, and other care team members.
- Reinforce patient and caregiver education as appropriate and within the LPN scope of practice.
- Support continuity of care and positive patient outcomes.
- Travel throughout Butler, Allegheny, and Beaver counties to provide patient care.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Education Level
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