Golden Care of Northeast PA

Golden Care of Northeast PA

Pediatric Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse- Full-Time

Mountain Top, PA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 48 days ago
Patient CareCommunication

About the role

  • Reports to: Director of Nursing This role involves assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating total patient care while coordinating patient and family teaching.
  • Provide information on patient rights, reimbursement procedures, and patient/family rights.
  • Ensure quality care is provided by Home Health Aides.

Responsibilities

  • Deliver professional nursing care to assigned patients.
  • Assess patient's physical and emotional status, competency, home environment, safety factors, and family support.
  • Evaluate patient status, review and implement care plans, and communicate with attending physicians and clinical management.
  • Perform nursing procedures and techniques as ordered by the physician, including administering medications and intravenous solutions.
  • Assist patients with activities of daily living and support their efforts towards self-sufficiency and independence.
  • Maintain patient clinical records and reports.
  • Perform other duties as assigned by management.
  • Requires moderate physical exertion including driving to patient homes, assisting in transfer activities, and providing support in ambulation therapy.
  • Improper interference with the ability of Golden Care's employees to perform their job duties may result in disciplinary action, up to and including discharge.

Requirements

  • Regularly required to use hands, talk, and hear
  • frequently required to stand, walk, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
  • Participate in on-call rotation as required.
  • Regularly required to use hands, talk, and hear; frequently required to stand, walk, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Nice to have

  • At least one year of professional nursing experience preferred, but not required.

Skills

  • Strong nursing, observation, communication, and supervision skills.
  • Knowledge of home health care and government regulations.
  • Good physical and mental health.
  • Caring attitude, empathy, tact, and patience.
  • Ability to solve practical problems and interpret various instructions.

Benefits

  • Vision requirements include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
  • Supervise Home Health Aides as needed.

Company info

  • In addition to federal requirements, Golden Care complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.

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