LPN | COMM

Job Details

Job Location:

COMM - Hyannis, MA 02601

Position Type:
Part Time

Salary Range: $58.00 - $68.50 Hourly

We're looking for a compassionate licensed practical nurse to join our team! We're a Home Health Agency headquartered in Hyannis, MA, providing nursing and patient care services to critical regions throughout Massachusetts. We take a sensitive approach to healthcare, meeting patients where we can support them most - at home.

Great Benefits! This position is compensated using a pay per visit model. On average our clinicians see between 2 and 3 patients an hour earning between $58 - $87 per hour (calculated at $29 per visit).

Relief Home Health Services, Inc. consists of a dedicated Psychiatric Home Health team working with patients with multiple co-morbidities including but not limited to: substance abuse, severe psychiatric issues, homelessness, and complex medical diagnoses. You will work with a comprehensive team, including collaborative community resources, whose goal is to reduce hospital utilization and improve patient outcomes.

A Licensed Practical Nurse provides professional nursing services within the scope of nursing practice standards in collaboration with primary care physicians, teaches and educates patients and their families. Professional skilled nursing is performed under the supervision of the Clinical Manager and Director of Clinical Services.

• Provide professional nursing services within the scope of nursing practice standards
• Collaborate with other medical professionals to educate patients and their families
• Prepare & submit timely, clinical and progress notes within 24 hours of visit
• Oversee coordination of patient services
• Follow individualized Plan of Care (POC) and recommend necessary revisions based upon patient needs
• Recommend "other" professional services that may be appropriate to the needs
• Effectively communicate ongoing with patient and family progression/changes in POC
• Effectively communicate with Supervisor/Nursing Director/other disciplines in the case
• Actively communicate in the case conferencing sessions to establish best practices
• Coordinate Community Services for the patient to assist in safe home care need
• Order wound care supplies and oxygen related supplies
• Prepare patient medication planners per orders, and retrieve medications from the pharmacy when appropriate. Case by case basis may be shared with RN
• Other duties as assigned by RN including, but not limited to, obtaining verbal orders, office visit notes, completing medication reconciliation
• Maintain weekly visit Quota as outlined in the job acceptance letter

• Vehicle to attend community and other meetings
• Office equipment: computer, copier, scanner, fax, phones
• Possible transfer/lifting devices, medical supplies

• Indoors, performing patient care assessment/tasks in the patient's residence
• Travel to patient residences/meetings; will require transportation to get to various work sites
• Possible exposure to communicable diseases

• Able to hear, speak, understand and communicate effectively in English, or a patient's native language with interpreter services
• Must be able to lift and stoop effectively so as to be able to perform the above listed responsibilities
• Able to access patient's homes that may not be handicap accessible

Daily: walking, standing, sitting, reaching, use of telephone, use of computers & other office equipment, transferring 150 lbs or greater, bending, stooping, climbing stairs. When duties/responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and subject to changes of business necessity.

• Graduate of an approved professional nursing program
• Currently licensed "in good standing" in MA
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience as a professional nurse, preferably in-home care
• Must have a valid driver's license and current automobile insurance
• Must have a criminal background check
• Must have current CPR certification
• Must be able to read, write and communicate in English