Home Health LPN

Job Description

Job Description

Pinnacle Home Health is looking for an experienced, and caring Full-Time LPN to join our amazing clinical field team. Enjoy the flexibility home health can provide, join the Pinnacle team!

The LPN assists in the provision of nursing care to the home health patient in their place of residence and collaborates with the patient’s case manager and/or Director of Nursing and other members of the patient care team through the day of discharge.

This is a full-time position in the field for the following areas: Baker, Zachary, Clinton, Ethel, and Slaughter

• Provides home care nursing visits as assigned.
• Instructs patients/caregivers according to the plan of care.
• Make nursing assessments and reports significant changes in the patient’s condition.
• Recommend changes to the plan of care based upon assessment findings.
• Maintains accurate and current drug profiles for patients assigned.
• Documents all patient care on appropriate forms.
• Submits documentation to Pinnacle Home Health within the established time parameters.
• Participates in multidisciplinary case conferences and staff meetings.
• Attends mandatory inoffice, educational inservices.
• Performs other duties as requested/assigned.
Qualifications
• Licensed as a practical nurse in Louisiana.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a licensed practical nurse required.
• Knowledgeable of nursing assessment skills.
• Competent in the provision of nursing care.
• Phlebotomytrained.
• Maintain current CPR certification.
• 1 year of Home Health experience preferred.

Pinnacle provides equal employment opportunities to all employees an applicant(s) for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.