Home Health PRN LPN

Sprenger Wellspring Silver Maple•Lorain, OH

54d•Onsite

About The Position

A clinically competent Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) delivers care to patients in their homes through data collection, planning, implementation, and evaluation. The LPN follows the plan of care established by the registered professional nurse and interacts effectively with patients, caregivers, and other members of the health care team while maintaining nursing standards. The role requires knowledge of the nursing process and its application to nursing care. The LPN performs ongoing home visits, gathers information about patients’ physical, psychosocial, emotional, family, support-system, and environmental status, and identifies care needs to report to the registered nurse. In collaboration with the registered nurse and care team, the LPN follows and contributes to the plan of care, assists with coordination of services, performs ordered skilled nursing procedures, teaches patients and caregivers, and documents care according to agency policies and timelines. The position includes evaluating and documenting patient responses and progress, reporting significant changes, participating in care coordination and agency quality activities, and completing required discharge documentation. The LPN follows infection-control, confidentiality, safety, and professional conduct requirements. Home visits take place in varied residential environments and weather and road conditions. The nurse must travel to patients’ homes and may be assigned evening, weekend, holiday, and on-call visits.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited Licensed Practical Nursing program.
At least one year of experience in acute care.
Current Ohio Licensed Practical Nurse license, or an application for the license in progress.
Valid driver’s license.
Use of an automobile in good working condition and automobile insurance.
Current CPR certification.
Ability to travel to patients’ homes and operate a motor vehicle in varying weather and road conditions.
Ability to ambulate throughout patients’ homes, including navigating stairs and other typical residential barriers.
Visual and hearing ability sufficient to comprehend written and verbal communication.
Ability to deal effectively with stress.
Ability to communicate effectively and relate courteously and cooperatively with patients, caregivers, colleagues, supervisors, and other health care team members.

Nice To Haves

Previous home health experience.

Responsibilities

Perform ongoing patient visits and collect data on patients’ physical, psychosocial, emotional, family, support-system, and environmental status.
Follow the written plan of care established by the registered professional nurse and report identified patient care needs to the registered nurse.
Collaborate with the registered nurse to identify expected outcomes and realistic goals, determine nursing interventions and teaching, and modify the plan of care as needed.
Assist in coordinating patient care and services provided by agency employees, other agencies, vendors, and other health care team members.
Follow home health documentation, communication, infection-control, and agency policy requirements.
Perform skilled nursing procedures ordered by the patient’s physician and provide education to patients and caregivers about medical conditions, medications, and nutrition.
Document accurate, relevant patient information, clinical notes, vital signs, weights, pain, wounds, treatments, procedures, medication profiles, orders, and changes in physician orders in accordance with agency requirements.
Listen to voicemail before and after the shift and communicate pertinent patient-care and scheduling information to the supervisor daily.
Order and use supplies appropriately, follow payer requirements, and handle laboratory slips and specimen containers and labels appropriately.
Use equipment safely, prevent personal injury, apply good body mechanics and safe driving practices, and organize and prioritize assignments.
Document patient and caregiver responses to care, interventions, and teaching, as well as progress toward care outcomes.
Report significant changes in patient condition promptly to the physician and report significant findings to the supervisor, registered nurse, and other agency employees visiting the patient.
Attend required meetings, present accurate patient updates, and make referrals to other health care team members as appropriate.
Complete discipline and agency discharges, discharge instructions, physician notifications, verbal orders, and discharge summaries within required timeframes.
Confirm patient pay sources and managed-care authorizations, and submit schedules or work availability to the supervisor according to agency policy.
Adhere to the Code of Ethical Behavior, agency policies, HIPAA confidentiality requirements, and professional conduct and dress standards.
Participate in agency quality-improvement activities, clinical record reviews, performance-improvement studies and teams, staff meetings, in-services, and team meetings.
Maintain current nursing and home-health knowledge through seminars, in-services, and independent professional reading.
Provide accurate information for weekend and holiday schedules, assume weekend, holiday, or evening visits as assigned, and participate in on-call rotation as required.
Maintain satisfactory attendance, professional health and hygiene practices, and courteous and effective working relationships with patients, caregivers, colleagues, supervisors, and others.
Accept additional assignments and visits as needed and identify and work toward personal and professional goals.