LVN – Full Time

Renew Home Health; Fort Worth, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Short-term Disability

Long-term Disability

Accident Insurance

Hospital & Critical Illness Benefits

Flex Spending Account

Health Savings Account

Voluntary Life & AD&D

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Renew Home Health is seeking an LVN to provide skilled nursing care in patients’ homes under the supervision of a Registered Nurse in Texas. The role coordinates care with the interdisciplinary team, patient, family, and referring agency to ensure quality home health services.

The LVN will monitor patient status, document care, and participate in case conferences, while maintaining accurate records and complying with POC guidelines and agency policies.

Qualifications

• Active Texas LVN license.
• CPR certification required.
• Detail-oriented with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Under RN supervision, provides nursing services per the home health POC.
• Identify changes in patient condition & communicate promptly to the Field RN and team.
• Attend case conferences and report on patients seen in the 60-day period.
• Document nursing services performed per agency policy.
• Update EMR medication profile and ensure patient has an accurate medication list.
• Log vital signs and pertinent information in the home folder at each visit.
• Complete competency skills assessment and accept only safe tasks.

Skills

CPR Certification

Detail-oriented

Effective communication

Job description

Patient care is our top priority! Job satisfaction of our staff is our second priority. With years of experience in health care, Renew Home Health is one of the leading providers in the industry for customer satisfaction and quality of care making it one of the fastest growing home health agencies in the area.

• Short & Long Term Disability
• Accident, Hospital & Critical Illness Benefits
• Flex Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Life & AD&D
• Paid Time Off

Job Summary:

The LVN administers skilled nursing care under the supervision of a Registered Nurse, for clients in their place of residence, coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team, patient/family and referring agency.

Responsibilities:

• Completes and updates, as needed, a competency skills assessment that accurately identifies their nursing skills. Accepts only nursing assignments that they can perform safely, are within their individual scope of practice and commensurate with their education/experience. Notifies agency leadership immediately if an assigned task must be restaffed due to their lack of education or experience in performing the assigned task. Actively participates in educational opportunities that widen their scope of practice and increases their nursing competency skill set.
• Under the direct supervision of the home health Field RN, provides nursing services as ordered on the home health Plan of Care (POC). Responsible for maintaining a clear understanding of the POC and implementing nursing services as ordered by the physician.
• Identifies changes in patient condition, such as a deterioration in status, and communicates these changes quickly and effectively to the Field RN, clinical manager, the interdisciplinary team and the physician. Initiates the appropriate nursing response to changes in the patient's condition and ensures that clear documentation exists within the clinical record regarding the change and nursing response.
• Actively participates in the case conference process by providing a report to the clinical manager on the conferenced patients they have seen in the previous 60-day period. Full time LVN staff are required to attend the case conference meetings.
• Submits thorough and accurate documentation of the nursing services that were ordered on the POC and performed by the LVN, per agency policy.
• Promptly updates the EMR medication profile when changes to the patient's medication regimen are identified. Reviews the patient’s medication profile with each skilled nursing visit and ensures that the patient/caregiver has a correct medication list in the home, written in plain language.
• Ensures appropriate home folder communication exists by logging vital sign values and other pertinent clinical information in the patient’s home folder with each visit.

Qualifications:

• Must hold current Texas Licensed Vocation Nurse
• Must have current CPR Certification
• Must be detail-oriented and have effective communication skills