Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Reports to: Clinical Director/RN

Dulla Care Home Healthcare is creating the most advanced and complete in-home care model in the world. As a key contributor toward that goal, the Dulla Care Home Healthcare LPN would serve a pivotal role in bringing individualized care to the client’s home as an alternative to hospitalization. You will bring advanced clinical, communication, and leadership skills to our innovative team.

The Dulla Care Home Healthcare LPN provides direct, comprehensive care for clients and their families in an alternative setting. A true passion for connecting with clients and inviting them into the care team is a key factor for success. The opportunity for this position is to contribute to helping reduce hospital admissions, decrease ER utilization, improve client success, and increase the client and provider experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct and in-direct nursing care to clients in home care settings under supervision of RN.
• Home care staff supervision and oversight; escalation of discrepancies as warranted to RN.
• Skills: Lab draws, IV insertion, medication administration.
• Engage clients in their healthcare journey and provide meaningful education tailored to the client.
• Establish meaningful connections and trusting relationships with each client.
• Appropriate charting, noting in OASIS and/or medical records.
• Follows multidisciplinary plan of care for clients in Dulla Care Home Healthcare program services; escalation of concern to Clinical Director or RN.
• Works closely with the Dulla Care Home Healthcare clinical team to support and promote the care redesign of Dulla Care Home Healthcare program services developed to provide 24/7 comprehensive care delivered in the home as an alternative to a hospital stay.
• Aides in the planning, scheduling, and implementation of day-to-day clinical activities for clients.
• Ensures appropriate DME and services are ordered and initiated in a timely manner.
• Acts as a contact for all navigated clients; including interaction with medical, clinical, and care staff.
• Ensures the implementation of client and education plans are executed.
• Participates in client education and engagement; ensures educational goals are on track, actively assesses the client for understanding; escalation of concern to RN.
• Monitors clients daily for compliance with the plan of care and tracks order completion and follow up engaging with the client throughout the episode of care.
• Monitors client’s progress to goals in the post 30-day period.
• Participates in the Dulla Care Home Healthcare’s materials (education materials, assessment plans, interdisciplinary plan of care etc.).
• Complete daily EVV check-in and out.

What You Need

• ASN preferred.
• Certification/Licensure in the State of Ohio as a Licensed Practical Nurse or licensure from a state participating in the multistate privilege to practice compact with Ohio.
• Minimum of 3 years acute care or home care nursing experience.
• BLS and ACLS Certified.

Competencies / Qualities

• Clinical Excellence: strong clinical assessment skills and ability to prioritize and reprioritize requiring organizational and coordination skills. Exceptional critical thinking skills are a must as the LPN implements and evaluates client’s plan of care and their progression toward goals.
• Strong communication skills: the LPN cannot work in a silo – much of his or her effectiveness depends on teamwork with others. Their areas of practice are highly multidisciplinary and require reliable, open, responsive communication to meet client and care team needs. Strong interpersonal skills and EQ are a must.
• Cultural openness: the LPN will be open to learning from clients about values, beliefs, and how they see the world – all of which may be very different from the navigator’s personal culture and beliefs. The LPN is willing to listen and be a liaison between the client/family/caregiver and the medical providers, in developing a plan that is medically sound and culturally acceptable.
• Respect for others: this may seem like a given, but the LPN role requires the nurse to be especially diligent in this area and to show patience and understanding while setting reasonable boundaries and expectations.
• Commitment to client confidentiality: most nurses are sensitized to client confidentiality from the HIPAA and PHI training they’ve received from employers. However, nurse navigation may require an additional layer of awareness.

Physical Requirements

• Lift & carry equipment/supplies weighing up to 50 pounds long distances.
• Push or pull objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Walk long distances and up/down several floors of stairs.
• Twist, bend, stoop/squat frequently throughout the day.
• Reaching and grasping with arms and hands, including reaching overhead/above shoulder level, below the waist, and in front of body.
• Move within confined spaces.
• Maintain physical tolerance and balance in multiple positions.
• Stand (at client’s side during treatment, etc.).
• Sustain repetitive movement (CPR compressions, bagging, etc.).

Other Requirements

• Valid driver’s license with clean driving record.
• Build trust as the foundation of providing the highest level of care.
• Create personal relationships that are based on building human connections.
• Bring clarity and confidence to every step of the care process through clear and transparent communication.
• Welcome the client and their people into the care team to promote involvement, understanding and safety.