Lpn (Fee For Service)

Jobtome; Clifton (NJ); On-site; USD 8,900 - 10,000; Full time

Job summary

MJHS Home Care is seeking an Licensed Practical Nurse to provide a full range of advanced clinical home care services, including patient assessment, medication management and patient/family education. You will perform revisits to patients in their home under the direction of an RN, documenting visits within 24–48 hours.

Requirements include NY State LPN license, at least one year of Med/Surg experience, and a valid driver license for field assignments in Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens regions.

Qualifications

• LPN license required and active in NY state.
• Minimum of one year Med/Surg experience in hospital or Long-Term Care facility.
• Good computer skills required.

Responsibilities

• Under RN direction, observes, measures, records and reports clinical data related to patient health status.
• Collect, communicate and document signs or symptoms indicating health decline.
• Under RN direction, reconciles and administers prescribed medications according to plan of care.
• Under RN direction, performs nursing treatments indicated in the plan of care (e.g., urinary catheterization, sterile dressing changes, tracheal suctioning).

Skills

LPN License

Good computer skills

Education

NY State LPN License

Job description

Fee for Service rates:Daily weekday revisit rate: $48 per visitDaily Weekend/Holiday revisit rate: $55 per visitMJHS is a large not-for-profit health system in the Greater New York area. Our range of health services include home care, hospice and palliative care for adults and children, rehabilitation and nursing care at Menorah, and the research based MJHS Institute for Innovation and Palliative Care. We also offer Elderplan/HomeFirst: health plans for Medicare and dual-eligible individuals. As a not-for-profit organization, many of our programs and services are made possible through the generosity of grateful families, corporate donors and grants, as well as our own employees.MJHS Home Care provides advanced clinical services and emotional support to patients recovering from illness, injury, or surgery. With a comprehensive range of services supported by an integrated health system, patients can recover in the familiar surroundings of their home.Someone with your depth of compassion, clinical insight and strong decision-making capabilities is the ideal person to map out and oversee the process of a patient’s recovery from illness, injury or surgery at home. You will provide a full range of advanced clinical home care services, including patient assessment, medication management and patient/family education.Under the direction of a Coordinator of Care RN, the Licensed Practical Nurse will perform revisits to patients in theirhome based on a skilled need. You will implement the plan of care and evaluate the patient's treatment. You will document the visit electronically within 24-48 hours

• - Under the direction of an RN, accurately observes, measures, records and reports clinical datarelated to a patient’s health status
• - Accurately collect, communicate and document any sign(s) or symptom(s) outside of establishedparameters indicating a decline in an individual patient’s health status
• - Under the direction of an RN, accurately reconciles and administers prescribed medicationsaccording to the physician prescribed plan of care
• - Under the direction of an RN, accurately performs all nursing treatments (eg. Urinary catherization,sterile dressing change, tracheal suctioning) indicated in the physician prescribed plan of care, nursing, LPN, homecare, home care licensed practical nurse
• - NY State LPN License required
• - Minimum of one year Med/surg experience in a hospital or Longterm Care facility required
• - Valid driver license and car are required for Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens regions
• - Good computer skills required.