Licensed Vocational Nurse

Healthy Living at Home, a Mission Healthcare Company; Palm Desert (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus up to $5k

Job summary

Healthy Living at Home - Palm Desert, LLC is seeking an Administrative Licensed Vocational Nurse to provide nursing support to our clinical leadership team for Home Health patients in Temecula and Murrieta, CA. This full-time role includes weekend scheduling and offers a sign-on bonus up to $5k.

Responsibilities include managing patient intake, securing physician orders, coordinating with clinicians, and handling insurance verifications and authorizations while ensuring compliance with

Qualifications

• Three years of Home Health experience within the last five years.
• Graduate of an accredited nursing school/program.
• Current unencumbered LVN license.
• One year of Home Health experience.
• One year of LVN experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage patient intake: obtain referral information and physician orders.
• Maintain positive relationships with customers and referral sources.
• Verify insurance and manage authorizations.
• Use office and patient care software for administrative tasks.
• Support compliance with regulations and quality programs.
• Assist administration with policy adherence and operational duties.
• Collaborate with clinicians and staff to ensure smooth workflow.
• Respond to customer requests and concerns.
• Support cultural practices that do not interfere with care.

Skills

Communication skills

Public relations

Negotiation

Organizational skills

Autonomy

Flexibility

Cooperation

Education

Licensed Vocational Nurse education

Tools

EMR software

Office software

Job description

Healthy Living at Home - Palm Desert, LLC is in search for a professional, knowledgeable and detail oriented ADMINISTRATIVE LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE (LVN) to provide administrative nursing support with our clinical leadership team providing services for our Home Health patients in the greater Temecula and Murrieta, CA areas.

SIGN ON BONUS AVAILABLE! This role is eligible for up to $5k bonus based on background and experience! Work Schedule: Please note, this is a full-time opening that included weekend scheduling. Must be available to work weekends.

Position OverviewThe Administrative Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) is responsible for managing all aspects of the patient intake process to include obtaining referral information, physician orders, establishing and maintaining positive relationships with customers and referral sources, responding to customer requests and concerns, and managing the insurance verification and authorization processes.

Essential Job Functions

• Responsible for obtaining accurate referral information
• Obtains specific physician orders for recertification of home care services
• Ensures that physician’s orders are communicated to agency clinicians and staff with accuracy, thoroughness and understanding.
• Uses office and other patient care software
• Addresses and supports cultural practices, as along as such practices do not harm others or interfere with the planned course of medical therapy
• Participates in agency’s information management and performance improvement programs
• Complies with agency’s policies
• Assists administration in meeting the JCAHO, federal, state and location regulations and standards
• Other administrative duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications

• 3 years of Home Health experience within the last 5 years
• Graduate of an accredited nursing school/program
• Current unencumbered Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license
• One (1) year of experience in Home Health
• One (1) years of Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) experience
• Demonstrated ability to work alongside professional and administrative personnel
• Knowledge of corporate business management, governmental regulations, Joint Commission standards, and private payer practices.
• Demonstrates good communication, negotiation, and public relations skills.
• Demonstrates autonomy, organization, assertiveness, flexibility and cooperation in performing job responsibilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years or more Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) experience
• Two (2) years or more Home Health experience
• One (1) year taking physician orders by phone, Intake and/or scheduling/staffing

Physical RequirementsTypical functions of this role include standing, sitting and walking a majority of the time. There are occasions when kneeling, stooping, bending or reaching may be necessary.The employee must be able to lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. on a regular basis. There may be occasions in which the employee must be able to lift or move up to 40 lbs.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. It is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the employee assigned to this position. An employee may be required to perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. This job description is subject to change as the needs and requirements of the job change.