Pediatric Home Care LPN

Axcess Healthcare Services • West Ashley, SC

5d • 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 assignment is for 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 care, tracheostomy care, wound care, ventilator care, assistance with activities of daily living, and accompanying parents to appointments and therapies. The LPN may also assist with light housekeeping and laundry. The service is intended to support the child and the parents or guardians.

Axcess provides home care to children with special needs and disabilities across South Carolina and is contracted with Community Long Term Care and the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. Telephone assistance is available from 8 a.m. to midnight, seven days a week.

Requirements

• Hold an active LPN license to practice in South Carolina.
• Have at least one year of clinical experience.
• Maintain annual TB testing; Axcess covers the cost if a test has expired.
• Hold current CPR certification; Axcess can direct applicants to training sites if certification has 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 nursing care to a child with special needs and disabilities.
• Assist with activities of daily living and mobility as needed.
• Administer medications and provide care such as catheter, tracheostomy, wound, or ventilator care as applicable.
• Accompany parents to appointments and therapies as needed.
• Assist with light housekeeping and laundry as needed.

Benefits

• Weekly pay every Friday by direct deposit; debit cards are available if needed.
• No out-of-pocket expenses for background check, DMV check, drug test, TB test, and other 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 completed 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