Private Duty Nurse LVN

Company: Aveanna Healthcare
Location: Dalhart
Posted on: September 28, 2024

Job Description:

Seeking experienced LVN/LPN nurses to provide one-on-one care to patients in their homes, assisting with transitions from hospital to home and providing continuous care.

Aveanna's Private Duty nurses make a positive impact on patients' lives by providing personalized care ranging from 8 to 16-hour shifts. We match our nurses to their patients based on skill, age, health condition, and acuity level.

We have patients and openings in:

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• Dalhart
  
• Surrounding Areas
  
  
  Aveanna is a leading national provider of home health services to medically fragile children and adults. Our mission is to revolutionize the way homecare is delivered, one patient at a time.
  
  Our Care Team consists of over 47,000 caregivers supporting more than 50,000 patients in 33 states. We offer a unique opportunity for nurses to make a difference in their patients' lives.
  
  What our nurses find at Aveanna:
  
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  • Compassion and Purpose - 1:1 nurse-to-medically-fragile-patient ratio
    
  • Community and Connection - cases close to home
    
  • Flexibility and Balance - self-scheduling, full-time, part-time, or PRN. Days, nights, and weekend shifts
    
  • Growth and Inclusion - career and skillset advancement opportunities
    
  • Excitement and Happiness - a place to call HOME
    
    
    Benefits:
    
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    • Health, dental, vision, and company-paid life insurance
      
    • Paid Time Off available
      
    • Weekly and/or daily pay
      
    • Overtime opportunities
      
    • Electronic documentation - a tablet in every home
      
    • Tuition reimbursement (conditions apply)
      
    • Company-sponsored continuing education credits
      
    • 401(k) savings plan with employer matching
      
    • Employee stock purchase plan with employee discount
      
    • Paid in-house trach and vent training available
      
    • Awards and recognition Program
      
    • Employee Relief Fund
      
    • 24/7 local support
      
      
      Responsibilities:
      
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      • Implementation of physicians' prescribed plan of care
        
      • Patient assessments and coordination of care
        
      • Administration of prescribed medication, treatments, and therapies
        
      • Compliant, timely documentation of care provided in system of record
        
      • Health promotion, teaching, and training of family members
        
      • Responsible for accepting and writing verbal orders from physicians as required and for obtaining co-signature of Case Manager on all verbal orders
        
      • Follow up with physician, client, family members, staff, and Case Manager on client problems, concerns, and/or changes in client condition
        
      • Performs other appropriate duties as assigned
        
        
        Qualifications:
        
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        • Must have and maintain an active, unencumbered license (RN/LPN/LVN) in the state in which the clinician will practice
          
        • Current CPR certification from American Red Cross, American Heart Association, or BLS
          
        • TB skin test (current within last 12 months)
          
        • Six months prior hands-on nursing experience preferred but not required
          
        • Must have reliable transportation
          

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