Licensed Practical Nurse

Ellis House, LLC; Rockville (MD); On-site; USD 58,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Ellis House, LLC is seeking a skilled LPN to support in-home client care across several Maryland counties. You will assess home environments, document health data, and implement or update the client Care Plan while coordinating with nursing staff and aides.

You’ll supervise Care Aides, provide instruction on procedures, administer medications, and counsel families per physician orders, maintaining compliance with agency policies and HIPAA standards.

Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of LPN and licensed by the State Board of Nursing.
• Minimum of one year nursing experience, preferably home care.
• Valid driver's license with at least one year clean driving record.
• Vehicle insured per state/agency requirements and in good working order.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate home environment and client needs.
• Record client health information and update care plans.
• Coordinate care with Nursing and Care Aide teams and paperwork.
• Supervise Care Aide and instruct on procedures and safety.
• Provide medications administration and client education as ordered.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Documentation

Self-direction

Clinical judgment

Education

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) – State Board

Job description

Proudly Serving Anne Arundel, Howard, Montgomery, & Prince George’s Counties.

Assists with the coordination of aspects of the client’s home care and interacts with other disciplines as needed. He/she provides professional care to the client, as indicated by Agency policies, State and Federal laws/regulations. In-home, follow up to admission visits are part of the LPN’ duties, as is the development of the Care Plan.

The LPN also prepares paperwork necessary for Agency policies and federal/state laws and assists with the training and supervision of Care Aides.

Reporting Relationship

• Reports to Agency RN Supervisor/ Registered Nurse

Qualification/Prerequisites

• Is a graduate of an accredited school of licensed practical nursing and is currently licensed as a LPN through the State Board of Nursing.
• Has a minimum of one year’s nursing experience, preferably with home care experience.
• Possesses and maintains good physical stamina and mental health and can present a pre-employment health clearance.
• Must be a licensed driver with at least one-year clean driving record.
• Has a vehicle that is insured in accordance with state and/or Agency requirements and is in good working order.
• Has excellent writing and charting skills.
• Can pass a background check and drug screen.

Responsibilities/Activities

• Evaluates the home environment and determines the needs of clients.
• Records the health needs of the client.
• Initiates and or follow ups with the Nursing or Care Aide’s Care Plan and/or Homemaker/Companion Service Plan and associated paperwork, in accordance with Agency policy.
• Evaluates the effects of the care given and regularly re-evaluates the client’s nursing needs.
• Evaluates and revises the Care Plan, as necessary.
• Makes referrals to other agencies or services as needed.
• Coordinates the care of all assigned clients.
• Prepares written instructions for the Care Aide.
• Supervises the Care Aide in the home.
• Instruct Care Aides in the proper use of practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Participates in in-service training programs and staff meetings.
• Serve as liaisons between clients and other health care professionals.
• Teaches, counsels, and demonstrates skills to clients and their families.
• Administers medications, monitors clients, and instructs clients on appropriate home care.
• Provides services based on the physician’s orders such as, urinary catheter insertion and care, venipuncture, or medications and changing dressings.
• Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing procedures.
• Counsels the client and his/her family in meeting nursing and related needs.
• Acts as the facilitator of the health care team.
• Provides reports to the client’s physician when the client’s condition changes or there are deviations from the Care Plan.
• Prepares clinical and progress notes on relevant and specialized nursing services he/she provides.
• Maintains a clinical record for each client receiving care.
• Submits documentation, as per Agency policy.
• Participates in Clinical Record Reviews.
• Directs the activities of the Licensed Practical Nurse, if relevant.
• Complies with Homecare Agency Compliance Plan.
• Complies with Homecare Agency’s Infection Control Policies.
• Complies with Homecare Agency’s HIPAA Policies.
• Complies with the Homecare Agency dress code.
• Complies with all state and local regulations and accreditation standards.
• Works weekends, holidays, and occasional overtime, when requested.
• Assumes rotational on-call responsibilities for client care during non-office hours.
• Projects a professional attitude toward self, clients, and other staff members.
• Follows Agency public relation policies regarding outside speaking and professional affiliations and clears all related requests with Agency RN Supervisor.
• Assumes other duties, as requested by the Agency RN Supervisor.

Required Working Knowledge

• Medical issues and nursing procedures.
• Professional standards and principles.
• Other health care disciplines and their role in client and family care.
• Home safety for situations, including physical and psychological dangers, for self, clients, and other Agency staff.
• Clerical procedures such as maintaining records and completing forms.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Adheres to practice standards, as they apply to client care.
• Establishes and maintains harmonious relations with clients/families/co-workers.
• Makes initial or follow up nursing evaluation visits.
• Evaluates both physical and psychological needs of clients and applies the appropriate nursing interventions.
• Evaluates clients’ needs continually.
• Observes and recognizes changes in clients.
• Considers client’s past experiences, finances, and other resources.
• Render nursing care and perform medication and treatment administration, as ordered by the physician
• Maintain confidentiality of information relating to client.
• Copes effectively with clients, families and all others with varying backgrounds, socioeconomic conditions, and value judgments.
• Applies well-developed communication skills.
• Observe accurately and make decisions accordingly.
• Honors the wishes of clients
• Works with a team and is a good team member.
• Can supervise others.
• Displays emotional stability and has a sympathetic disposition.
• Maintains objectivity in coping with the stress of working with acute, chronic, and terminally ill clients.
• Uses cognizant approaches to problem solving in delivering client care.
• Possesses ingenuity to handle medical and situational emergencies.
• Works alone without usual support systems immediately available.
• Deals with abrupt schedule changes.
• Participates in the quality assurance/quality improvement process.
• Prepares accurate, timely, and orderly reports & documentation.
• Complies with accepted professional standards and principles.
• Provides satisfactory references from previous (or current) employers and/or nursing school, and professional peers.
• Uses excellent observation, good clinical judgment, and good oral and written communication skills.
• Is self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision; has good organizational skills.
• Is flexible and cooperative in fulfilling role obligations.

Physical & Mental Demands

Must be able to complete all physical & mental demands of the job, which may include, but not be limited to the ability to:

• lift and transfer clients and carry supplies;
• stand, walk, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, talk, hear & see;
• have corrected vision and hearing within normal range;
• have manual dexterity with normal range of motion of all extremities;
• has the mental fortitude and stability to handle stress; is physically and mentally able to drive a vehicle.