Home Health LPN
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Description: Alacare Home Health & Hospice in partnership with Indeed Hire is employing Home Health LPN right now, this position will be placed in Alabama. More complete informations about this position opportunity please read the description below.
Indeed Hire is in partnership with Alacare to find a skilled Home Health / Hospice LPN.
About Alacare Home Health & Hospice…
We are Alabama’s oldest and largest family-owned home care agency. We have been serving Alabama for more than 46 years and have cared for thousands of patients all across the state. We proudly stand by our claim that no other provider understands home health care like we do.
HOME HEALTH and/or HOSPICE LPN - FULL TIME
Showcase all of your nursing skills! This position offers you the opportunity to use state-of-the-art technology while delivering compassionate, personalized nursing care.
Duties include:
- Patient assessments, including physical, emotional, psychosocial, environmental and educational components
- Providing skilled nursing care to home health and hospice patients in their homes
- Identifying patient needs and making timely referrals to other disciplines in collaboration with the physician and care manager
- Providing comprehensive teaching to patients and their caregivers
- Timely and appropriate documentation of patient’s status
Requirements: Home health and hospice nursing is both challenging and rewarding! This job requires a person who can work independently, while never forgetting that home care is a team effort.
Other requirements include:
- Nursing degree from an accredited school of nursing (Diploma or Associate Degree)
- Current Alabama LPN license
- Comfort in communicating with elderly people who have multiple nursing care needs
- Willingness to work in home environments of patients who may have values or standards different from your own
- Facilitation of positive nurse-physician relationships
- Ability to make evaluations and decisions based on measurable or verifiable criteria
- Ability to turn, lift, carry and otherwise transport patient
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Respecting the patient’s privacy and maintaining confidentiality
- Current Alabama driver’s license and automobile liability insurance
Job Type: Full-time
Required experience:
- LPN Nursing: 1 year
Required licenses or certifications:
- driver's license, personal vehicle, and valid car insurance
- Alabama LPN License
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If you were eligible to this position, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Alacare Home Health & Hospice in partnership with Indeed Hire.
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This position will be started on: Mon, 29 Jan 2018 07:13:24 GMT