Field LVN

Looking for a career as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in the Home Health industry? Then Able Hands Home Health Care is the place for you!

Here is what you need to know!

Job Description:

Provides intermittent skilled nursing care to patients in the home.

1) Qualifications

• Licensed to practice Vocational Nursing by the California Board of Licensed Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technician Examiners.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in nursing.
• Must be Spanish speaking and able to commute to Indio/Palm Springs area

2) Job Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to safely and effectively perform procedures and techniques involved in the delivery of patient care.
• Ability to follow a patient and family teaching plan.
• Ability to function as a member of the nursing team and cooperate with non-nursing professionals in the process of rendering nursing care.
• Ability to identify potentially harmful changes in patient condition and report these changes timely, verbally, and in writing.
• Ability to plan a persona; work schedule and work independently to complete the assignment on a timely basis.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally, and in writing.

3) Duties and Responsibilities Include

(but not limited to)

• Using the nursing process, in accordance with the Plan of Care (POC) or Plan of Treatment (POT): performs reasonable and necessary skilled care on each visit and documents this care in the record of the visit.
• Performs skilled observation of patient conditions.
• Contributes to the formulation and update of the nursing care plan.
• Performs complete bedside nursing when required.
• Assists the patient with activities of daily living and encourages appropriate self-care.
• Provides accurate and timely information on patient progressions in the care plan.
• Completes all required documentation accurately and timely.
• Attends In-Service presentations.

4) Physical Requirements

• Must be able to work as scheduled and report to work on time.
• Can stand or sit for up to six (6) hours per day.
• Able to lift up to twenty (20) pounds on a frequent basis.
• Able to push wheelchairs, turn patients, help patients walk, lift patients, and help patients sit up for four (4) to five (5) hours per day.
• Able to walk, stand, bend, climb, and crawl for four (4) to five (5) hours per day.
• Normal vision required, including depth perception, color perception, close inspection, and peripheral vision. Glasses or contact lenses may be used to insure normal (20-20) vision.
• Ability to hear normal speech, hear on the telephone, and hear faint sounds.
• Able to talk in person and on the telephone.
• Able to deal with stressful situations, including patient death, family grief, and trauma.
• Able to deal with patients, patient caregivers, and employees of residential care facilities, six (6) to eight (8) hours per day.
• Able to operate an automobile two (2) to four (4) hours per day.

5) Working Conditions

• Work generally performed in patients' homes or residential care facilities.
• Work requires employees to drive to where work is performed and employees will be outdoors, in or out of an automobile, one (1) to two (2) hours per day.

6) Reports To

• Director of Patient Care Services (DoPCS)
• Work Remotely

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, PRN

Pay: $40.00 - $45.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Home Health
• Wound Care

Work Location: On the road

Salary : $40 - $45