LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE
REPORTS TO: Medical Director
POSITION SUMMARY:
Arizona Select Home Health is a highly reputable provider of home health care services serving the entire Maricopa County in Arizona. We have been recognized to provide quality home healthcare services to all patients with trusted and professional home health care providers over the years. We are certified by The Joint Commission and received 5 star ratings across all medical and consumer platforms.
We are seeking compassionate and highly skilled Licensed Practical Nurses to apply all nursing skills to this role, to include:
DUTIES:
- Taking vital signs of patients on intake and at any other time the patient make require medical attention.
- Administer inoculations, injections or medications when appropriate and as ordered by the Physician and directed by RN and as described in the care plan.
- Responsible to supervise patients medical needs and communicate accurate information provided to medical team
- Demonstrate the competencies required for this position, including practice of program policies and procedures for implementing these duties specifically related to home health agency policies
- Demonstrate standards for security, ethics’, confidentiality, rules of conduct and professionalism for HIPAA compliance
- Ability to understand and respond to direction from the medical team
- Provide clear and accurate documentation of events occurring while on duty and accuracy of reporting to the medical team
- Proven organizational skill to track supply needs of the patient
- Promote a positive response to change, with patients as well as other staff members
- Other duties as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Must hold a valid and current LPN License and training in the state of AZ
- Must be current on all professional development training hours
- Preferably 1 year experience in home health
- Must have proven skill with EMR systems, Microsoft Office programs, email etc.
- Must be fluent in verbal and written English and able to place medical orders to other physicians, psychiatrists and therapists clearly.
- Preferably speak Arabic and knowledge of culture
- Must be able to physically assist patients and lift 50 lbs and support a patient weighing as much as 250lbs.
- Proven experience responding to medical crisis such as patient in seizure, experiencing a fall, etc.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract, PRN
Pay: $65.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
Medical specialties:
- Home Health
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Pain Medicine
- Wound Care
Standard shift:
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Night shift
Supplemental schedule:
- Extended hours
- Holidays
- On call
Weekly schedule:
- Choose your own hours
- Monday to Friday
- Weekends as needed
Work Location: On the road