Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse

Sr Companies; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

First Senior Home Health in Tampa, FL is seeking an LPN to provide skilled nursing care under RN supervision in a home health setting. You will perform selected nursing actions, assist with plans of care, and ensure patient safety and comfort.

The role involves documenting progress, supporting rehabilitation, and contributing to team efforts with physicians and staff. Florida LPN licensure and CPR certification are required; prior home health experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Must be licensed in Florida as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
• One or more years experience in community/home health or hospital preferred.
• Knowledge of Medicare/Medicaid guidelines.
• Current CPR certification required; online not accepted.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Registered Nurse in carrying out the plan of care.
• Assist with planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care.
• Observe, record and report patient symptoms and changes.
• Assist with rehabilitation and teaching self-care techniques.
• Participate in team meetings and contribute to quality of care.
• Prepare clinical notes and maintain required documentation.
• Support nursing staff and maintain patient safety and comfort.

Skills

Licensed Practical Nurse

CPR certification

Medicare/Medicaid knowledge

Home health care

Education

Graduate from an accredited School of Nursing

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: First Senior Home Health Tampa - Tampa, FL 33634,

DUTIES

• Provide skilled nursing care, under the direct supervision of the Registered Nurse.
• Perform selected skilled actions in the provision of curative, rehabilitative, palliative, or preventative nursing care.
• Is responsible, and accountable, for making decisions that are based on the individual's nursing experience and educational preparation.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Registered Nurse in carrying out the plan of care.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in performing specialized procedures, as directed, by the Registered Nurse under physician's orders.
• Assist with the preparation, implementation, and continuing evaluation of the patient care plan.
• Recognize, and understand, the effects of social and economic problems upon patients and provides for the emotional and physical comfort and safety of patients.
• Help teach the patient the appropriate self-care techniques.
• Foster cooperative effort, among personnel, by understanding the functions of other persons involved in patient care and by active participation in team and staff conferences.
• Assume responsibility for personal and vocational growth and development, through active participation in nursing organizations and participating in in-service programs and other on the job learning.
• Prepare clinical and progress notes (not to include admission).
• Observe, record, and report, to the appropriate person, patient symptoms, reactions, and changes including:
  • The general physical and mental condition of patients and signs and symptoms, which may be indicative of changes in condition.
  • Stresses in human relationships, between the patients and staff personnel, and between patients and their families and visitors.
• Assist with the rehabilitation of patients, according to the medical care plan, by encouraging the interests and special aptitudes of the patient and encouraging patients to help themselves using their own capabilities.
• Further assist, in rehabilitation, by reporting any abnormality in the patient’s range of motion, body mechanics, or body alignment.
• Actively participate in nursing organizations; promote, and participate in, in-service programs.

TREATMENTS AND PROCEDURES

The Licensed Practical Nurse, with the education and proven clinical competence, may perform certain treatments/procedures, provided the Home Health Agency’s policies and the State’s Regulatory Acts allow their performance. Only advance LPNs, with documented skill in performing these functions, may:

• Administer medications
• Hang I.V.s premixed with medications
• Hang hydrating fluid without medications
• Start peripheral I.V.s
• Flush peripheral lines with saline or heparin solutions
• Inspect insertion sites, change dressings, and remove peripheral I.V. needles/catheters
• Calculate and adjust flow rates
• Check blood with a Registered Nurse

Qualifications:

QUALIFICATIONS

• Must be a graduate from an accredited School of Nursing.
• Must be licensed in the state of Florida, as a License Practical Nurse.
• One, or more, years of experience, in community/home health agency or in a hospital setting, is preferred.
• Must have knowledge of Medicare and Medicaid guidelines.
• Must have a working knowledge of home healthcare, and the principles and techniques of professional nursing, and required documentation that pertains to it.
• Should be skillful in organization, and in the principles of time management, and have knowledge of management processes.
• Must be able to contribute to the quality of care being rendered, through constructive communication with nursing managers and staff.
• Must have a criminal background check.
• Must have a current CPR certification. Online certification is not accepted.

For Florida Applicants: https://info.flclearinghouse.com/