Copy Of Licensed Practical Nurse - Travel - Southeast KY

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Job Title:                                  Licensed Practical Nurse 

Work Location:                       Designated Territories in the state assigned 

Department:                              Clinical 

Reports To:                             Director, Clinical Services 

FLSA:                                         Non-Exempt 

Who We Are: Purposeful, Progressive, Dynamic 

Spiras Health is a value-based, nurse practitioner led clinical provider of care-at-home and other health-related services to individuals with complex and polychronic needs. Spiras’ comprehensive approach to care delivery includes a combination of home-based services, telehealth, and two-way digital communications. Proprietary predictive modeling identifies and assesses individuals with an elevated probability of avoidable costs. Spiras Health then develops actionable plans of care, addresses barriers including social determinants of health, and delivers high quality patient care in collaboration with the patient’s treating physicians. Spiras’ innovative multi-modal care approach delivers improved satisfaction and clinical metrics as well as financial savings to our partners, through a geographically and economically scalable delivery model. Our culture is anchored on a promise of full accountability and integrity in everything we do. 

How We Serve  

This position calls for a high performing clinician (Licensed Practical Nurse) who will become part of a Clinical Care Team, working in partnership with Nurse Practitioners. Together the team will manage the overall health of a defined population of patients in collaboration with the patient’s primary care and specialist physicians. You will serve your community, which includes daily traveling to patients’ homes based on risk levels, telephone calls, and texting. Meeting with patients in their homes affords you the opportunity to develop deep and rich relationships.  

This individual will understand and be comfortable with PC-based and mobile technology and have a deep commitment to exceptional patient care. A typical day may include home-based and telephonic patient clinical assessments, providing patient education, maintaining patient compliance to a treatment plan, connecting to community resources, conducting routine diagnostic tests, and charting assessments in Spiras systems. This is a personally and professionally rewarding position and it allows the colleague an opportunity to provide health care services at the top of their training. Each day includes seeing patients in the community.  

Duties and Responsibilities 

• Conducts detailed patient assessment, including vital signs, monitors for changes in status, reports findings, contribute to and implements care plans, collaborates with Nurse Practitioner, provides patient education 
• Helps patient accomplish treatment plan goals and identifies and seeks to resolve barriers to care 
• Evaluates effects of treatment plan by observing, noting, and evaluating patient’s progress and recommending adjustments and modifications 
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, social workers, family, caregivers, and other health care workers 
• Recommends assistive equipment and outpatient or home health follow-up programs 
• Accurate and timely documentation of patient care and services per policy 
• Always adheres to hygiene and safety standards (sanitizing surfaces, equipment, hands, etc.) 
• Fosters a supportive and compassionate environment to care for patients and their families 
• Consistently adhere to documented policies, procedures, and standards 
• Clear and compliant documentation in an EMR/chart 
• Other duties as assigned 
• You will be joining a market

You may be asked to cover any patient within this market and will be traveling to the patient's home, texting and calling for continued care coordination. However, your home territory will typically be a certain radius from your listed home address, but could include travel to other areas within the state. Standard scheduling procedures have been designed to limit driving time and increase our ability to provide patient care.