Licensed Practical Nurse - Home Health Care - Full Time

Are you an experienced LPN and want to provide compassionate, hands-on nursing care in the home setting supporting patients and families as part of a collaborative care team?
Use your skills to positively impact lives every day and apply now to join our care team!
Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities

• Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
• Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
• EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time
Work Shift: Days (United States of America)

Sign on and relocation benefits available to qualified candidates!

In this role you will provide direct patient care in the acute care setting of the home of the patient utilizing various nursing skills and established standards of care at the direction of a registered nurse.

Adheres to the LPN scope of practice
Contributes to the assessment of the health status of individuals, families, and communities.
Deliver direct patient care, including administering treatments as prescribed, assist nurses and physicians with various procedures and documenting individual patient needs, actions taken and patient responses.
Adhering to LPN scope of practice administers prescribed medications, including medications given through established parenteral/intravenous infusions as prescribed by physician or standard protocols and document according to policy.
Participates on interdisciplinary team to meet patient care and/or clinic needs, working cooperatively with others to accomplish required work in a timely and efficient manner.
Document and report patient condition, care delivery and post procedure follow up.
Assess changes in patient condition and report to registered nurse and provider as needed.
Incorporates nursing activities that create a compassionate, supportive, and therapeutic environment for patients and staff with the aim of promoting comfort and healing
Applies Compassionate Connected Care principles and incorporates into care interactions
Respectful and timely response in interactions with patient, family, health care team members
Ensures safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care.
Provides education for patients, significant others, and family using identified educational materials and resources under the direction of the registered nurse and provider
Supports process/quality improvement initiatives and incorporation into practice
Deploys processes in the clinical environment to enhance care efficiency and cost containment
Follow approved policies and procedures and standards of care.
Keep current with developments in the field through seminars, workshops and publications.
Uses the electronic health record at the skill levels commensurate with responsibilities.
Incorporates PHS mission in care-giving activities.
Maintains positive communication and relationships with patients, peers, and other healthcare team members.
Adheres to safety and equipment policies.
Maintains patient confidentiality/personal/medical information
High School Diploma or GED
Current Licensed Practical Nurse-NM
PDS IV training as part of orientation
Basic Cardiac Arrythmia (BCA) for areas with cardiac telemetry monitoring
Previous LPN Home Health experience preferred

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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

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