Home Health LPN

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)

Franciscan Health Crawfordsville Campus is looking for LPNs who choose to focus on home healthcare. This role involves providing direct patient care, educating caregivers, and participating in the patient's care team. This level of nursing requires the ability to accurately assess needs, provide appropriate interventions, and revise care as needed under the supervision of a registered nurse. If you are an LPN looking to work in home health, we have a supportive place where your skills are appreciated and developed.

Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 11 ministries and access points across Indiana, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

What You Can Expect

• Implement nursing plan of care at the direction of the registered nurse.
• Provide home-based patient care based on physician orders and the established nursing plan of care.
• Collaborate with Home Health RN and multidisciplinary treatment team to individualize each patient's treatment needs, to achieve defined goals for improved patient outcomes.
• Conduct patient psychosocial assessments, to explore the physical, psychological, and social aspects of the patient and their conditions, obtain history, and elicit an accurate description of psychosocial needs.
• Contribute to developing discharge plans, identifying the post-discharge needs of the patient, and target appropriate resources for follow-up care, in collaboration with the patient, family and care team.
• Document patient care information, and ensure timely and accurate completion of patient care records in accordance with policies and procedures.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree or Diploma from Accredited Licensed Practical Nurse Program - Required
• 1 Year Acute Care. Long-Term Care or Home Health Experience - Required
• 2 years Home Health Experience - Preferred
• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)- State Licensing Board - Required
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)- American Heart Association- Required
• Driver's License - Required
• Auto Insurance - Required

Travel is required: Up to 75%.

Equal Opportunity Employer. It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law. Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights. Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.