Private Duty Nurse LPN/LVN

Are you a healthcare professional seeking a change? Tired of working traditional hours in stressful settings such as hospitals or nursing homes? At Aveanna Healthcare, we give you the chance to enjoy a more balanced lifestyle with a flexible schedule and a smaller, more manageable patient load.

Why join Aveanna?

- Working with fewer patients gives you more time for one-to-one care.
- Enjoy referral bonus possibilities.
- Get paid weekly.
- Avail of health, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Enjoy flexible work scheduling.
- Avail of holiday pay and potential overtime.
- Benefit from paid training and ongoing professional development.
- Have access to 24/7 on-call support for both clinical and scheduling issues beyond office hours.

Who are we?

Aveanna Healthcare is one of the most extensive homecare providers in the nation. We cater to patients from different age groups, with a specialty in pediatrics.

Job Details

We're seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN/LVN) who will be accountable for providing and documenting proficient nursing care, supervised by a Registered Nurse. The care should align with the patient's individualized care plan and physician's orders, while maintaining adherence to confidentiality standards and professional boundaries at all times.

Key Job Functions

- Deliver and coordinate quality patient care based on physician orders.
- Continually observe, assess, and report changes in the patient's condition and care needs to the supervisor and/or physician.
- Document actions, assessments, responses, and care coordination accurately and promptly whenever care is provided.
- Participate in, execute, and review the nursing care plan.
- Take necessary nursing action based on assessments to achieve expected outcomes.
- Identify changes in patient requirements and responses demanding intervention and initiate care to prevent or mitigate risk.
- Uphold responsibility for personal and professional accountability by complying with Aveanna policies, state and federal regulations, accrediting bodies, and the Nurse Practice Act.
- Implement care using infection control measures that protect both staff and the patient according to OSHA standards.
- Educate the patient and family about disease progression, self-care techniques, prevention strategies, and meeting the patient's nursing needs.
- Keep abreast of competencies related to the nursing profession by engaging in education programs, continued education units, internal learning management skills, and skill evaluations.

Requirements

- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current, unrestricted state license as a Licensed Nurse.
- Current certification in CPR.
- Demonstrated aptitude in clinical assessments, documentation, and adherence to nursing care and policies and procedures.

Preferences
 
- A minimum of six months of recent experience as a Licensed Nurse in a clinical care setting.
- Experience in home health.

Other Required Skills/Abilities

- Keen attention to detail.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Efficient problem-solving and conflict resolution abilities.
- Strong organization and communication skills.

Physical Requisites

- Capability to speak, write, read and understand English.
- Ability to travel.
- Ability to lift 50 pounds.
- Ability to reposition patients and move equipment without assistance.
- Ability to withstand prolonged walking, standing, bending, kneeling, reaching, twisting.
- Can climb stairs and sit.
- Possess visual and hearing acuity.
- Strong sense of smell and touch.
- Possess mental and physical resilience to respond to emergency situations at home or during transport.

Environment

- Capability to function in diverse environments that may involve exposure to allergens and other varying conditions.
- May be exposed to blood, bodily fluids, and infectious diseases.

Additional Duties

Please note, this job description does not cover all activities, duties, or responsibilities required for this job. These may change at any time with or without prior notice. As we accept Medicare and Medicaid funds, employees must comply with all health-related requirements, including required vaccinations and testing, with applicable exemptions for religious or medical reasons.