What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN | Home Care position at Wesley At-Home?
As a service organization, Wesley selects employees who bring our mission to promise. When you become a member of the Wesley team, you contribute to the active lifestyle, high quality of care and other services we provide older adults at our award-winning communities or other residence. Our workforce is as diverse as our services, which include independent living, assisted living, Catered Living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, hospice, home care and home health.
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The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) cares for ill, injured, or convalescing patients/residents or persons with disabilities in a home care setting. Licensed Practical Nurses may work under the direction of a registered nurse and often direct and supervise the work of home care aides or home health aides.
What you’ll do
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids.
- Collect samples, such as blood, urine, or sputum from patients, and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
- Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
- Care for residents by monitoring health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, assisting with mobility, and serving meals and snacks.
- Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with residents, families, and coworkers.
- Document and record resident observations and health-related information in electronic systems.
- Communicate resident observations and health-related information to others member of the care team including coworkers, supervisors, third-party providers, and families.
- Learn and apply Company, Federal, State, and local rules, regulations, and policies.
What you’ll need
- Active Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in Washington State
- Washington State Food Worker Card within 14 days of hire
- CPR and First Aid certification within 30 days of hire
- Ability to understand and communicate in the English language
Salary
Range: $29.50 to $42.00 per hour
What you’ll do
What you’ll need
Salary Range: $29.50 to $42.00 per hour
Salary : $30 - $42