LPN-Home Health

EvergreenHealth•Woodinville, WA

5d•Remote

About The Position

EvergreenHealth is one of the largest, most innovative stand-alone Home Health providers in the nation with a local vision, dedicated to serving patients and families in the Pacific Northwest since 1992. From Everett to South Seattle and beyond, our compassionate, skilled providers have the opportunity to provide care in their own community. As an interdisciplinary team, we work together to enrich the health and wellbeing of every life we touch. Our care teams are composed of Nurses (RN & LPN), Certified Wound Care Specialists, Psychiatric Nurses, Physical Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, Social Workers, and Certified Nursing Assistants (Home Health Aides). As an employee of EvergreenHealth, we believe in helping our staff by utilizing innovative technologies like Epic, offering flexible schedules and work/life balance with a variety of territories, providing training from experienced preceptors, offering professional development through Tuition Assistance and paid CEUs, maintaining low staff to patient ratios, building an inclusive and diverse workforce, and providing a culture of safety recognized by The Leapfrog Group.

Requirements

Currently licensed as a LPN in the State of Washington
Current Washington State Driver’s license and proof of insurability
Current Healthcare Provider BLS certification by date of hire
Reliable transportation
Demonstrates ability to communicate clinical / educational knowledge to others (i.e., students, staff, patients and families, caregivers).
Demonstrates skills to complete the nursing competency assessment checklist.
Demonstrates knowledge of new trends and techniques in nursing.

Responsibilities

Provides direct patient care in the patient’s home.
Coordinates the patient and family/significant other education process.
Continuously plans, implements, and evaluates patient care, incorporating patient and family/significant other into the process.
Participates with physician partners and other interdisciplinary team members to develop and implement patient and family/significant other plan of care.
Communicates effectively all relevant information (e.g., patient information, safety issues, problems with equipment, quality issues, etc.) to immediate supervisor and/or RN case manager, in timely way.
Communicates and documents changes in patient condition, on a timely basis, to charge nurse/supervisor, RN case manager and/or physician.
Delivers nursing care within established standards of care, hospital and unit guidelines, policies and procedures.