LPN Visit Nurse

VISIT NURSE - LPN

3 days a week 7a-7p

A culture of excellence, compassion and trust allows our team to thrive. Join an environment where everyone respects your unique skills and talents, empowering you to do your job well and advance your career. Our flexible scheduling allows for one-on-one patient time. It's also a great way to tailor your work-life balance to what's best for you and your family.

Patient Care:

• Performs and documents complete physical assessments.
• Demonstrates ability to assess and document disease progression.
• Demonstrates knowledge of pain and symptom management.
• Executes the plan of care as described within the LPN’s scope of practice, as directed by the RN.
• Day shift completes an average of 25 visits per week
• Assists with patient care within the Agency inpatient units the event of staffing shortage or high acuity.

• Accurately records and reports pertinent facts and observations regarding patients’ condition and response to treatment to the Case Manager or Inpatient Unit RN. Also documents on ECF charts if applicable.
• Collaborates with the Case Manager as needed to provide care within the LPN’s scope of practice as defined in the Indiana Nurse Practice Act.
• Reports appropriate information to the case manager and the interdisciplinary team by ensuring verbal and written reports are clear, concise, and timely.
• Documents problems, nursing assessments, care provided, care interventions, and patient and family outcomes in the clinical record at the point of care.
• Assures the ECF chart’s Agency section contains necessary information for Agency/ECF compliance if applicable.
• Assists with teaching patient (and ECF staff if applicable) self-care.
• Assists with teaching those parts of patient care appropriate for each family to provide.
• Assists the patient’s family (and ECF staff if applicable) with understanding the illness and needs of the patient.
• Committed to Agency resolution against fraud and abuse 
• Knowledgeable in hospice philosophy and state and federal rules and regulations.
• Arrives to work and meetings on time and ready to work.
• Respects confidentiality of patients/families and other Agency employees.
• Attends nurses’ meetings/conferences for professional growth as required.
• Sees change as an opportunity and maintains a level of flexibility, which allows for adaptation to new ways of performing.
• Attends and completes yearly nursing skills validations.
• Follows directions and policies that allow for an organizational commitment to working under time pressures without sacrificing quality.
• Performs other duties that may be assigned.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Possesses the ability to perform the following tasks for varying periods of time: standing, walking, sitting, lifting objects up to 75 lbs., pushing/pulling objects up to 200 lbs., climbing stairs, stooping, kneeling, twisting, bending, reaching overhead and in front of body, simultaneous use of both hands, wrists, and
• Possesses the ability to perform the following tasks for varying periods of time: speak in conversational tones utilizing the English/American Language, hear conversations as well as bodily function sounds with various medical or non-medical devices, observe patients via touch sensitivity that is strong enough to palpate various areas on the human body and allow an accurate reporting of a pulse, see with vision acuity: near, 20 inches or less, and far, 20 inches or more, with or without corrective devices such as glasses or contacts, have a depth perception of three dimensions, and a sharpness of vision/focus with adequate peripheral vision to allow an acute awareness of surroundings.
• Possesses the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions that include, but are not limited to the following: adverse weather conditions, dust, fumes, tobacco smoke, noise, closed-in spaces or rooms and locations with poor or improper lighting and glare.
• May be required to work in shifts that may be steady or rotating.
• On call shifts are required

• Possesses the ability to operate and drive an automobile while maintaining a valid driver's license and current automobile insurance. Requires use of personal vehicle.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Maintains current LPN nursing licensure in Indiana and CPR certification.
• Prior experience in long-term care and home health preferred.