Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN)

Aveanna Healthcare; Worcester; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse who will deliver quality patient care in compliance with physician orders. The role involves hands-on client care, effective communication with caregivers, and educating patients and families. Candidates must possess an active LPN License, CPR certification, and a willingness to work in various environments. This position offers flexibility with full-time and part-time shifts, ensuring a work-life balance while providing compassionate care to individuals of all ages.

Benefits

Health, Dental, Vision and Company-Paid Life Insurance

Paid Time Off Available

Flexible scheduling

Career Pathing with opportunities for skill advancement

Weekly Pay

Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount

Qualifications

• Must have reliable transportation to reach patients' homes.
• Ability to read and write in English is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver quality patient care per physician orders under Registered Nurse supervision.
• Educate clients and their families based on specific needs.
• Gathers documentation and timely communication with caregivers.

Skills

Attention to detail

Time Management

Effective problem-solving and conflict resolution

Good organization and communication skills

Education

Active LPN License

Current CPR certification

TB skin test

Job description

Join a Company That Puts People First - Aveanna Healthcare

Our Certified Business Line offers both short-term and long-term care services, catering to individuals under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, as well as those with Private Insurance and Private Pay. We serve a diverse patient population with varying needs, including individuals with chronic conditions, behavioral health challenges, monitoring requirements, skilled nursing, and therapeutic needs. Our patients span all age groups, from children to geriatric individuals.

Our services involve a range of medical and non-medical assistance provided through visits to the individual's own home. These services include Skilled Nursing, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, and Home Health Aide Services. Aveanna's services are tailored to individual's needs and can significantly improve the quality of life for those who need short-term assistance but wish to remain in their own homes.

Position Overview

The Licensed Practical Nurse is responsible for providing and documenting skilled nursing care in accordance with the developed care plan and physicians' orders for each individual patient while adhering to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times.

Award-Winning Culture

• Indeed's Work Wellbeing Top 100 Company in 2024
• Best Company for Work-Life Balance, Happiest Employees and Culture and Best CEO in 2024, as ranked by Comparably

Why Join Us?

• Health, Dental, Vision and Company-Paid Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off Available
• Flexible scheduling- full-time, part-time. Days, nights, and weekend shifts—we will work with your availability!
• 24/7 Local support from operators and clinicians
• Aveanna has a tablet for each clinician for documentation
• Career Pathing with opportunities for skill advancement
• Weekly Pay
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 15% discount
• Employee Relief Fund
• Newly hired Variable Hour and Part Time employees are measured for eligibility into our ACA Benefits plans over their first twelve months of employment (Initial Measurement Period). Employees who work at least 130 hours per calendar month over this period will be invited to enroll in ACA Benefits Plans, which offer an array of enhanced benefit plan options. If you meet the requirement under the twelve-month Measurement Period, you will also be eligible for your choice of major medical plans, dental and vision coverage.

Benefit eligibility can vary and is dependent upon employment status and employment location.

We consider it both a privilege and an honor when we welcome a new patient into our Aveanna family. Our homecare is always delivered from a place of heartfelt compassion and empathy, and every one of our clinicians works together to make sure we achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. Aveanna isn't just a provider of compassionate homecare to children and adults. We are a national leader.

Essential Job Functions

• Deliver quality patient care in compliance with physician orders under direction of their Registered Nurse teammate.
• Perform the continuum of hands‑on client care through documentation and timely communication with the client's physician and other caregivers.
• Recognize changes in patient needs and responses requiring intervention and implement care to prevent risk or reduce risk.
• Educate clients and their family members based on client's specific needs.
• Provide care in patients' homes using a variety of skills such as phone triage, patient education, observation/assessment, wound care, infusions, catheter care, PICC line dressing changes, etc.

Other Skills/Abilities

• Attention to detail
• Time Management
• Effective problem‑solving and conflict resolution
• Good organization and communication skills

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to speak, write, read and understand English.
• Must be able to travel.
• Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
• 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.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

LPNs should deliver quality patient care in compliance with physician orders under direction of their Registered Nurse teammate. Must be able to perform the continuum of hands‑on client care through documentation and timely communication with the client's physician and other caregivers.

Qualifications

• An active LPN License in the state of application
• Current CPR certification (with hands‑on component)
• TB skin test (current within last 12 months)
• Must have reliable transportation
• Must be able to read and write English

Preferred

• Medicare Skilled Nursing experience
• Basic understanding of Oasis
• 1-year LPN experience in a home health or health care setting
• Home Care Home Base experience a plus

Aveanna Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply.

As an employer accepting Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with all health-related requirements in all relevant jurisdictions, including required vaccinations and testing, subject to exemptions for medical or religious reasons as appropriate.

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