Home Health Licensed Practical Nurse
Lake Charles, Louisiana
LPN
Posted Sep 4 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- Rotating
- Hours a week
- 1
- Unit
- Rehab
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Rotating · 1 hours
- Term
- Per Diem
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- 2+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
About this role
Become a part of our caring community
As a CenterWell Home Health nurse, reporting to the Clinical Manager, you will provide personalized, one-on-one care that helps patients regain independence in the comfort of their homes. Working with a dedicated team of physicians and clinicians, you'll manage care plans that support recovery and help patients get back to the life they love.
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As a Home Health LPN, you will
Provide skilled nursing care to patients, working onsite in their homes, under the direction of an RN. Implement individualized care plans in collaboration with the patient, family, and healthcare team. Educate patients and their families on disease management, treatment options, and self-care techniques. Maintain accurate records of patient care, including documentation of patient visit, interventions, and outcomes. Maintain contact with patients, physicians, clinical manager(s), and other members of the healthcare team promptly regarding patient or family needs and status changes. Participate in care coordination activities and discharge planning.
Use your skills to make an impact
Required
Qualifications
- Current nursing license in the practicing state
- Valid drivers license, auto insurance and reliable transportation
- Current CPR certification
- Two years experience as an LPN/LVN in a clinical setting
- Preferred
Qualifications
Nursing experience in a Home Health or Hospice setting
Additional Information
TB Statement
This role is considered patient facing and is part of Humana's Tuberculosis (TB) screening program. If selected for this role, you will be required to be screened for TB.
Driving Statement
This role is part of Humana's driver safety program and therefore requires an individual to have a valid state driver's license and are expected to maintain personal vehicle liability insurance. Individual must carry vehicle insurance in accordance with their residing state minimum required limits, or $25,000 bodily injury per person/$25,000 bodily injury per event /$10,000 for property damage or whichever is higher.
Scheduled Weekly Hours
1
Pay Range
The compensation range below reflects a good faith estimate of starting base pay for full time (40 hours per week) employment at the time of posting. The pay range may be higher or lower based on geographic location and individual pay will vary based on demonstrated job related skills, knowledge, experience, education, certifications, etc.
$53,000 - $73,000 per year
Description of Benefits
Humana, Inc. and its affiliated subsidiaries (collectively, “Humana”) offers benefits for limited term, variable schedule and per diem associates which are designed to support whole-person well-being. Among these benefits, Humana provides paid time off, 401(k) retirement savings plan, employee assistance program, business travel and accident.
About Us
About CenterWell Home Health: CenterWell Home Health specializes in personalized, comprehensive home care for patients managing a chronic condition or recovering from injury, illness, surgery or hospitalization. Our care teams include nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, speech-language pathologists, home health aides, and medical social workers – all working together to help patients rehabilitate, recover and regain their independence so they can live healthier and happier lives.
About CenterWell, a Humana company: CenterWell is a leading healthcare services business focused on creating integrated and differentiated experiences that put our patients at the center of everything we do. The result is high-quality healthcare that is accessible, comprehensive and, most of all, personalized. As the largest provider of senior-focused primary care, a leading provider of home healthcare and a leading integrated home delivery, specialty, hospice and retail pharmacy, CenterWell is focused on whole health and addressing the physical, emotional and social wellness of our patients. CenterWell is part of Humana Inc. (NYSE: HUM). Learn more about what we offer at CenterWell.com.
Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Humana not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. It is also the policy of Humana to take affirmative action, in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and VEVRAA, to employ and to advance in employment individuals with disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.
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Requirements
- Current nursing license in the practicing state
- Valid drivers license, auto insurance and reliable transportation
- Current CPR certification
- Two years experience as an LPN/LVN in a clinical setting
- Preferred
- Nursing experience in a Home Health or Hospice setting
- Additional Information
Benefits
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance program
Place
- City
- Lake Charles, Louisiana
- Median rent
- $1,109/mo
- Local household income
- $59,235/yr
- Metro price level
- 14% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities
all local households, not nurse pay
Lake Charles area index 85.9, where 100 is the national average.
Lake Charles sits in southwest Louisiana near the Gulf Coast, offering nurses a blend of Cajun culture, outdoor recreation along the Calcasieu River, and a relaxed pace of life. The downtown area features local dining and gaming entertainment, while nearby Prien Lake provides waterfront scenery for off-duty unwinding.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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CenterWell is a home health care organization and a subsidiary of Humana, Inc., focused on delivering personalized, one-on-one skilled nursing care to patients in their homes. Nurses at CenterWell report to a Clinical Manager and work collaboratively with physicians and…
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