What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse/Rn/Lpn position at Love My Neighbor Home Care and Staffing?
RN / LPN/LVNS
A Nurse is a registered nurse who develops, implements and evaluates individualized patient care plans. They act as social workers, advocate patient welfare, and serve as a liaison between patients, their families and healthcare providers.
Qualifications
A Nurse is required to have an associate, bachelor's degree, or LPN diploma from an accredited nursing school must have 1-2 years of experience.
Responsibilities
- Update and revise patient health care plans as needed
- Perform initial assessment visits
- Educate patients and families about health care plans and options
- Make clinical decision for routine patient care
- Accurately document and submit medical records
- Demonstrate knowledge in medical care, such as diagnostic procedures, medications, symptoms and other treatment
- Provide emotional support to patients and families
- Evaluate and determine needs of patients
- Review lab results and notify physician as needed
- Implement physician order and other nursing procedures
- Create an environment for open communication
- Completing patient assessments and evaluations related to need for services.
- Experience making referrals for patient services.
- Obtaining written orders from physicians.
- Developing patient plans of care, managing changes to patient plans of care and instruction to care staff.
- Pass medications and provide treatment
Direct Patient Care
- Conduct comprehensive assessment of patients physical, mental, and psycho-social needs
- Develop care plans to prevent disease exacerbation, improve outcomes, decrease risk status, and minimize hospital visits
- Utilizing behavioral strategies help patients adopt healthy behaviors and improve self - care in chronic disease management. Promote self - management goals.
- Assist patients in navigating the health care system. Coordinate specialty care, follow - up on test results and other care coordination needs.
- Follow-up with patients within 24 hours on inpatient discharge & within 48 hours of hospital visit notification
- Ongoing evaluation and documentation of patient progress / risk status document on paper charting we will use EMR in the future.
- Other task as needed by facility
Opportunity to work when you want and where you want. Option to do home care and/or staffing.