Home Health LPN
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Job Description
About the company
CenterWell Home Health, a Humana company, specializes in providing personalized, comprehensive home care. Their services are designed for patients managing chronic conditions or recovering from injury, illness, surgery, or hospitalization. Care teams include nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, home health aides, and medical social workers, all collaborating to help patients rehabilitate, recover, and regain independence for healthier, happier lives.
CenterWell focuses on patient-centered experiences and whole-person health, addressing physical, emotional, and social wellness. As the nation’s largest provider of senior-focused primary care, one of the largest providers of home health services, and the fourth-largest pharmacy benefit manager, CenterWell, as part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM), offers stability and industry-leading benefits. They employ over 30,000 clinicians dedicated to putting health first. CenterWell supports its employees through flexible scheduling, clinical certifications, leadership development programs, and career coaching, fostering personal and professional well-being from day one.
Job description
As a CenterWell Home Health LPN, you will make a meaningful impact by providing personalized, one-on-one care to help patients regain independence in their homes. You will work closely with a dedicated team of physicians and clinicians to develop and manage care plans that support recovery.
As a Home Health LPN, you will:
• Provide professional nursing services under the direction of an RN, adhering to the state’s Nurse Practice Act, licensure/certification requirements, healthcare standards, governmental laws, regulations, and CenterWell Home Health policies.
• Deliver skilled nursing interventions for patient/client illness, rehabilitative needs, and preventative care. This includes utilizing a holistic approach for problem-specific therapeutic interventions, teaching, and training activities according to the plan of care.
• Apply knowledge and skills in line with accepted clinical practice standards to facilitate problem resolution and achieve individualized patient goals and outcomes.
• Confer with the RN Supervisor regarding necessary changes to the Plan of Treatment. You will accept verbal orders from physicians when permitted by state law/regulations/Nurse Practice Act and communicate these to the RN Supervisor.
• Implement the nursing plan of care using a systematic, individualized, goal/outcome-driven approach.
• Maintain timely contact with patients, physicians, clinical manager(s), and other healthcare team members regarding patient/family needs and status changes. You will participate in care coordination activities and discharge planning as appropriate.
• Uphold the highest standards of professional conduct concerning confidential information, sharing it only when the recipient’s right to access is clear and it is in the patient’s best interest.
• Ensure appropriate communication regarding the adherence to professional standards in the provision and availability of supplies, materials, and equipment needed to safely and effectively implement the plan of care.
• Prepare, submit, and maintain documentation as required by the Company and/or facility, ensuring visit/shift notes are documented on the day services are rendered.
Required Experience/Skills:
• Graduate of an accredited Licensed Practical Nursing Program or accredited School of Vocational Nursing.
• Current nursing license in the practicing state.
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and reliable transportation.
• Current CPR certification.
• Two years of experience as an LPN/LVN in a clinical setting, preferably in a home health or hospice environment.
