Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN​/LVN

Overview

Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)

Aveanna Healthcare offers short-term and long-term care services to individuals under Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as Private Insurance and Private Pay. We serve a diverse patient population with varying needs, including chronic conditions, behavioral health challenges, monitoring requirements, skilled nursing, and therapeutic needs. Our patients span all age groups, from children to geriatric individuals. Services involve medical and non-medical assistance provided through visits to the individual’s home, including Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy and Home Health Aide Services.

Our services are tailored to each patient’s needs and can significantly improve quality of life for those who wish to remain in their own homes.

The Licensed Practical Nurse is an essential part of the team responsible for providing and documenting skilled nursing care in accordance with the developed care plan and physicians’ orders for each patient, while adhering to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times.

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• Deliver quality patient care in compliance with physician orders under direction of the Registered Nurse teammate.
• Perform the continuum of hands-on patient care through documentation and timely communication with the patient’s physician and other caregivers.
• Recognize changes in patient needs and responses requiring intervention and implement care to prevent risk or reduce risk.
• Educate clients and their family members based on client’s specific needs.
• Provide care in patients’ homes using skills such as phone triage, patient education, observation/assessment, wound care, infusions, catheter care, PICC line dressing changes, etc.

• Attention to detail
• Time management
• Effective problem-solving and conflict resolution
• Good organization and communication skills

• Must be able to speak, write, read and understand English
• Must be able to travel
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds
• Prolonged walking, standing, bending, kneeling, reaching, twisting
• Must be able to sit and climb stairs
• Must have visual and hearing acuity
• Must have strong sense of smell and touch
• Must be able to reposition patients and move equipment without assistance
• Must be able to respond appropriately to emergency situations in the home or during transport

• Must be able to function in a wide variety of environments with potential exposure to allergens and other conditions
• Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids and infectious diseases

• An active LPN license in the state of application
• Current CPR certification (with hands-on component)
• TB skin test (current within last 12 months)
• Must have reliable transportation
• Must be able to read and write English

• Medicare skilled nursing experience
• Basic understanding of Oasis
• 1-year LPN experience in a home health or health care setting
• Home Care Home Base experience is a plus

Aveanna Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

As an employer accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with health-related requirements in all relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate.

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