Licensed Vocational Nurse - Skilled Home Health Care

Company: Aveanna Healthcare LLC
Location: Bell Gardens
Posted on: November 2, 2024

Job Description:

Aveanna Healthcare LLC is seeking a compassionate Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to provide skilled nursing care to patients in the home setting.
Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver and coordinate quality patient care in compliance with physician orders.
• Continuously observe and assess patient condition and care needs, reporting changes to the supervisor and/or physician as appropriate.
• Document all activities, assessments, nursing actions, responses, and coordination of care in a timely manner.
• Participate in and update the nursing care plan.
• Take appropriate nursing action based on assessment and achieve expected outcomes.
• Recognize changes in patient needs and responses requiring intervention and implement care to prevent risk or reduce risk.
• Accept responsibility for personal and professional accountability by complying with Aveanna policies, state and federal regulations, accrediting bodies, and the Nurse Practice Act.
• Provide care utilizing infection control measures that protect both staff and patient according to OSHA standards.
• Educate patients and families regarding disease process, self-care techniques, and prevention strategies, and in meeting patient nursing needs.
• Maintain knowledge of competencies related to the nursing profession by participating in educational programs, continued education units, internal learning management skills, and skill evaluations.
  Requirements:
  
  
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
  • Current, unrestricted state license as a Licensed Nurse in the state of practice.
  • Current CPR certification.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in clinical assessments, documentation, and compliance with nursing care and policies and procedures.
    Additional State-Specific Requirements:
    
    
    • South Carolina - One (1) year of pediatrics experience.
    • California - One (1) year of experience required working under current nursing license.
    • Louisiana - One (1) year of experience required working as a licensed nurse.
    • Continuing Education as required by state.
      Preferred Qualifications:
      
      
      • Six (6) months of recent experience as a Licensed Nurse in a clinical care setting.
      • Home health experience.
        Physical Requirements:
        
        
        • Must be able to speak, write, read, and understand English.
        • Must be able to travel.
        • Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
        • Must be able to sufficiently reposition patients and move equipment without assistance.
        • Prolonged walking, standing, bending, kneeling, reaching, twisting.
        • Must be able to sit and climb stairs.
        • Must have visual and hearing acuity.
        • Must have strong sense of smell and touch.
        • Must be able to sufficiently reposition patients and move equipment without assistance.
        • Must be able to appropriately respond physically and mentally to emergency situations in the home or during transport.
          Environment:
          
          
          • Must be able to function in a wide variety of environments which may involve exposure to allergens and other various conditions.
          • Possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and infectious diseases.

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