Private Duty LPN/RN- Elizabethtown

At Home Healthcare•Elizabethtown, KY

8d•$30 - $40•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides skilled nursing care to patients in their homes, using acquired skills to identify health-related problems, adopt appropriate interventions, and promote standard health practices. The role reports to the Director of Patient Care Services. Pay is $30–$40 per hour. The position participates in an on-call schedule to address patient care needs outside regular hours. The job is located in Elizabethtown, Kentucky.

Requirements

Valid Kentucky nursing license as an LPN or RN.
Current CPR certification or willingness to obtain it.
Current TB skin test or willingness to obtain one.
Competency in general nursing skills, techniques, and practice.
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, legal documents, and medical orders.
Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from patients.
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, and volume, and apply basic algebra and geometry concepts.
Ability to solve practical problems, handle concrete variables, and interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or scheduled instructions.
Ability to adapt and perform duties in demanding home environments, including temperature changes, cigarette exposure, pet exposure, and household chemicals.
Ability to regularly stand, walk, handle and feel with hands, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear, and smell; manipulate up to 50 pounds; lift up to 30 pounds; and independently walk up and down a normal flight of stairs.
Vision abilities including close, distance, and color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

Private duty experience is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

Provide skilled nursing care in patients’ homes in accordance with service plans, physicians’ orders, and agency policies.
Deliver age-appropriate patient care consistent with standards of care, promoting safety and reducing the likelihood of medical or health care errors.
Promote and maintain patient health through teaching and appropriate rehabilitative measures.
Help patients learn appropriate self-care techniques.
Prepare clinical progress notes and follow the client service plan developed by the registered nurse and agency policy.
Submit notes and visit verifications in a timely and efficient manner.
Keep abreast of nursing trends and knowledge.
Communicate patients’ current health status and needs to appropriate staff.
Demonstrate initiative in setting and meeting objectives and finding efficient ways to perform tasks.
Apply knowledge of medications and their correct administration based on patient age and clinical condition.
Complete work accurately and within established time frames.
Notify the Director of Patient Care Services as far in advance as possible of anticipated problems or changes to the posted schedule.
Follow agency infection-control and safety policies, including applicable education, reporting, and practice implementation.
Keep the Director of Patient Care Services informed of events, problems, and concerns.
Participate in the on-call schedule to attend to patient care needs outside regular hours.
Maintain a current, valid Kentucky nursing license.
Maintain confidentiality of all patient records and reports.