What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN - HomeHealth - Weekends position at HOMELAND CENTER?
Are you a compassionate and caring Pennsylvania Licensed Practical Nurse, who is sensitive to the needs of others and has a desire to help patients with healing and restoration? Are you independently motivated to provide the highest quality of physician ordered patient care? Do you know how to respond with empathy and kindness and have prior experience with providing patients with exceptional care?
If you answer yes to the above questions, we invite you to apply to join our exceptional team as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
Homeland has a tradition of caring that began in 1867 and continues today with Homeland Center and community outreach services: Hospice, Palliative Care, HomeHealth, and HomeCare. At Homeland, every person on our team matters and fulfills a greater purpose in the lives of our residents, patients, and clients.
As a Licensed Practical Nurse for Homeland HomeHealth, you would contribute to our community of caring by providing direct support to patients where they feel most comfortable, promoting and fostering their healing process.
Homeland HomeHealth is a fast-growing provider of in-home healthcare that offers convenient and effective skilled nursing care in the comfort of our patient’s own home. Using compassion and skill, our nurses provide physician-ordered medical treatment to promote healing, independence, and the best possible quality of life. We believe in a multiple-disciplined approach to help patients in their healing journey, which includes wound care, cardiac care, palliative care, fall prevention, rehabilitation services, intravenous therapy, and other care services.
- This is a Weekend position, with daytime hours, either Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, or Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- This position requires a valid Pennsylvania Licensed Practical Nurse license, a valid Pennsylvania driver’s license, and reliable internet access.
Full-time Homeland HomeHealth employees are eligible for:
- Competitive Pay Rates, with portal to portal paid mileage.
- Excellent Health Benefit Options, with little to no cost and low co-pays, including: Vision, Dental, and Prescription coverage.
- 401K with matching and the direct support of a financial advisor to help you meet your goals.
- Generous Paid Time Off.
As Homeland HomeHealth’s LPN you would provide skilled nursing care to the Home Health patient as directed by the supervising Registered Nurse (RN) and Director of Home Health, in compliance with Medicare Home Health Conditions of Participation, Pennsylvania licensure laws and agency policies and procedures. Provide timely documentation of patient services based on the patient’s plan of care. Work closely with other members of the Home Health Interdisciplinary Team to ensure all patient and family care needs are being met.
Requirements include:
- Education and Experience Requirements:
- Graduate of an accredited practical nursing program.
- Minimum age requirement of 18.
- Minimum of one year of direct patient care experience in an institutional or home care setting required, with community health/ home care experience preferred.
- Ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
- Ability to work independently.
- Licensure, Registration, and Certification Requirements:
- Valid Pennsylvania Licensed Practical Nurse license.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation that is insured in accordance with Pennsylvania state requirements and agency policy.
- Satisfactory references from employers and/or professional peers.
- Satisfactory criminal background check.
- Maintains current CPR certification.
- Access to reliable internet access.
Homeland at Home is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.
