What are the responsibilities and job description for the Home Health Licensed Vocational Nurse LVN position at ALL ABOUT HOME CARE INC?
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Summary
All About Home Care is a Houston-based home health care agency. We’ve been serving the Houston and surrounding communities since 2004, providing quality home health services. We are looking for LVNs/LPNs to help serve patients in, and around the following areas: Houston, North Houston, Cypress, Spring, Humble, and surrounding areas. If you cover any of the areas mentioned above and have any experience in home health, please submit your resume. We use Kinnser software to document patients care.
Benefits
- Geared for growth
- Further education and training provided
- 401k plan for eligible full time employees
- Health insurance for eligible full time employees
- Paid time off for eligible full time employees
Qualifications:
- Graduate of an approved school of professional nursing and currently licensed in the state of Texas.
- 1 year of Home Health experience preferred
- High clinical skills with emphasis on wound care/vac & IV.
- Ability to exercise initiative and independent judgment.
Responsibilities:
- Provide services in accordance with the plan of care.
- Makes the initial evaluation visit and regularly reevaluates the patient’s nursing needs.
- Provides those services requiring substantial specialized nursing skills.
- Initiates appropriate preventative and rehabilitative nursing skills.
- Prepares clinical and progress notes for each patient’s visit and summaries of care conferences on his/her patients in a timely manner as per Agency policy.
- Informs personnel in changes in the conditions and needs of the patient.
- Counsels the patient and the family/significant others in meeting nursing and related needs.
- Participates in and presents in-service programs.
- Understands and adheres to established Agency policies and procedures.
- Process orders and notifies physician of patient needs and changes in condition.
- Determines the amount and type of nursing needed by each individual patient.
- Refers to Physical Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Occupational Therapist, and Medical Social Worker those patients requiring their specialized skills
- Supervises and teaches other nursing personnel.
- Conducts patient care conferences on patients assigned to his/ her care.
- Participates in peer review and performance improvement as assigned.
- Gives total patient care as needed.
Salary : $40 - $45
