LPN Home Health Part Time

WVU Medicine•Martinsburg, WV

21d•Onsite

About The Position

The LPN provides direct and indirect nursing care to patients in their homes under the supervision of an RN. In collaboration with patients, families, and the health care team, the LPN implements and evaluates nursing care with the RN. The role includes ongoing patient assessment, care planning, treatment delivery, documentation, patient and family education, and coordination with the primary RN and other members of the care team. The position is part-time, scheduled for 20 hours per week, and based primarily in patients’ homes with potentially extensive travel.

Requirements

Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state where services are provided, or a current multistate LPN license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
Valid driver’s license and ability to operate a motor vehicle safely.
CPR certification within 30 days of hire.
Ability to work weekends, holidays, and all shifts.
Demonstrated competency in technical and clinical skills; completion of a skills checklist and correct performance of required skills.
Ability to administer medications by acceptable routes as ordered by a physician and authorized by an RN, according to policy and procedure.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate care needs across a multidisciplinary team.
Ability to perform concentrated and complex mental activity and adapt to highly technical situations, stressful conditions, varying workloads, and changing assignments.
Ability to make sound judgments based on scientific principles and collaborate appropriately with multidisciplinary team members.
Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions and procedures.
Math skills sufficient to calculate drug dosages and infusion rates.
Knowledge of and adherence to patient rights, safety policies, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations and laws.
Ability to meet the role’s physical demands, including frequent walking, standing, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and feeling; moving and positioning patients; and exerting the stated levels of force.
Hearing and visual acuity within normal range for nursing duties.
Ability to work in patients’ homes and travel extensively as required, including in adverse weather and road conditions.

Nice To Haves

One year of home care nursing experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Perform and monitor basic patient care according to policies and procedures.
Use the nursing process to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care for patients’ physical and psychological needs.
Provide a safe and comfortable environment in the patient’s home while protecting patient privacy and dignity.
Complete assignments in a timely manner and function effectively in organization, communication, and prioritization.
Complete and document full-system and continuing assessments, including physical and psychosocial status and age-specific criteria; collaborate with the RN on care planning and updates.
Recognize changes in patient condition, take appropriate nursing action, and report significant findings or potential problems to the primary RN, administrative staff, and/or physician as appropriate.
Follow the plan of care based on assessment findings and physician orders, in collaboration with the primary RN.
Document patient status, care, services, interventions, responses, effectiveness, complications, and other pertinent information according to policy and under RN supervision.
Perform CPR when consistent with patient wishes or the wishes of an appropriate representative.
Follow the required bag technique and observe, document, and report relevant skin, venous, circulation, mobility, infusion, infection, allergic-reaction, and other abnormal findings.
Perform designated treatments and procedures, including vital signs, weights, specimen collection, ostomy care, urethral catheterization, pressure wound care, dressing changes, oral suction, range of motion, bladder and bowel training, ambulation, transfers, positioning, pacemaker care, and diabetes-related care.
Teach patients and families, adapt the teaching plan to their needs, and regularly evaluate its effectiveness.
Coordinate medication administration according to physician orders and medication standards; report discrepancies to the primary RN and administrative staff.
Collaborate with the primary RN on changes in level of care and report those changes to the RN and administrative staff.
Provide appropriate care for terminally ill and acutely ill patients, understand stages of death and dying, and perform post-mortem care as needed.
Perform applicable technical duties, including IV therapy and specified catheter, wound, drain, ostomy, tracheostomy, gastrostomy, laboratory, and device-care procedures, within the stated scope and limitations.
Communicate the plan of care and patient needs effectively to involved persons and departments, and comply with patient-rights, safety, and applicable regulatory requirements.