Pediatric Home Care LPN

Axcess Healthcare Services • West Ashley, SC

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Axcess is hiring a Home Care LPN to provide compassionate nursing care to children with special needs and disabilities in South Carolina. This position serves an 18-year-old male client in the Ravenel area who is nonverbal, needs moderate assistance with ambulation and mobility, can move on his hands and knees, uses a wheelchair and AFOs, and is dependent on others for daily living skills. He uses a G-tube for feedings and medications during an illness. There are two cats in the home.

The schedule is Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Care may include medication administration, catheter, tracheostomy, wound, or ventilator care, assistance with activities of daily living, and accompanying parents to appointments and therapies. The LPN may also help with light housekeeping and laundry. Axcess provides home care services to children who qualify for aide services through Community Long Term Care and the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs.

Requirements

• Hold an active LPN license to practice in South Carolina.
• Have at least one year of clinical experience.
• Complete annual TB testing; Axcess covers the cost if testing is expired.
• Have current CPR certification; Axcess can direct applicants to training sites if certification is expired.
• Pass a SLED background check.
• Pass a drug test.
• Be physically able to provide care to a child with special needs.
• Have a valid driver’s license and insured transportation.

Responsibilities

• Provide compassionate nursing care to a child with special needs.
• Assist with activities of daily living.
• Administer medications.
• Provide catheter care, tracheostomy care, wound care, or ventilator care as needed.
• Accompany parents to appointments and therapies.
• Assist with light housekeeping and laundry as needed.

Benefits

• Weekly pay by direct deposit; debit cards are available if needed.
• No out-of-pocket expenses for background check, DMV check, drug test, TB test, and related listed checks or tests.
• Electronic time management, eliminating trips to an office to submit timesheets.
• In-person appointments once a year for education and annual requirements; other education is delivered through a mobile app.
• Insurance benefits after the probationary period if working more than 30 hours a week.
• Paid training.
• Telephone assistance from 8 a.m. until midnight, seven days a week.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed