Home Health Licensed Vocational Nurse
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Corpus Christi
Posted on: January 16, 2023
Job Description:
**$2,500 Sign on Bonus for External Candidates**Opportunities
with Homecare Dimensions. For more than 20 years, Homecare
Dimensions has been bringing compassionate and skilled care into
the homes of patients throughout Florida and Texas. Our focus on
combining empathy with quality of care enables us to effectively
act as a supportive partner to primary care providers. And that
makes our organization a perfect fit to Optum and the UnitedHealth
Group family of businesses. Career opportunities with Homecare
Dimensions provide you with flexibility, autonomy and incredible
support. More importantly, you'll discover the tools, resources,
training and technology that only a leader like Optum can provide.
Want to make a bigger difference? Join us and start doing -your
life's best work.(sm)Provides skilled nursing services and assists
with the coordination of home health care services for assigned
patients. -Ensures quality and safe delivery of home health care
services in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, regulations
and policies.Excellent hourly rate! - Hourly rates cover your drive
and documentation times. -Mileage is paid at 62.5 cents per mile.
-Full benefits within 30 days. -Annual bonus potential, annual
reviews, PTO, paid holidays, tuition reimbursement! - All CEU's and
licensure costs are covered. - Opportunities to continue to
progress in your career!Primary Responsibilities:
- Provides skilled nursing services that require substantial and
specialized nursing care including medication administration, wound
care, wound vacs, IV administration including PICC and peripheral
lines, therapeutic treatments, and skilled teaching as ordered and
indicated
- Plans and implements patient health teaching and health
counseling regarding the disease process(es), self-care techniques
and prevention and involves the patient's significant others in
accomplishing health goals while promoting patient / family
independence
- Participates in health promotion and disease prevention
activities
- Initiates appropriate preventive and rehabilitative nursing
procedures following the physician's plan of care
- Assesses the patient's condition during every home health care
visit; insures assessments are communicated to the Clinical Team
Manager on a daily basis; nursing interventions are implemented to
meet patient needs and changed conditions
- Performs care management duties on patients as assigned
including: notifying the physician of changes in the patient's
condition or progress toward goals, obtaining needed physicians
orders, reassessing the patient for re-certification and
coordination of care by reporting of significant findings to others
on the healthcare team
- Documents all communications with the patient, family,
physician, CTM, pharmacy, other disciplines, and appropriate others
as indicated on communication notesYou'll be rewarded and
recognized for your performance in an environment that will
challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to
succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles
you may be interested in.Required Qualifications:
- Accredited high school/GED
- Current and unrestricted LVN license in the state of Texas or
compact license
- BLS certification or ability to obtain within 30 days
- 1+ years home health care or related environment
- Developed computer skills
- Access to reliable transportation that will enable you to
travel to client and / or patient sites within a designated
area
- This position requires Tuberculosis screening as well as proof
of immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus,
Diphtheria, and Pertussis through lab confirmation of immunity,
documented evidence of vaccination, or a doctor's diagnosis of
disease
- Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this
role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster
doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth
Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as
well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of
vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to
ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential
job functions with or without reasonable accommodationPreferred
Qualifications:
- IV Certification
- Managed care experience
- Bilingual (Spanish)To protect the health and safety of our
workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group
and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose
COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In
addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19
vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function.
UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19
vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination
requirements and will obtain the necessary information from
candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates
must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without
reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination
requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or
termination of employment.Careers with WellMed. -Our focus is
simple. We're innovators in preventative health care, striving to
change the face of health care for seniors. We're impacting
550,000+ lives, primarily Medicare eligible seniors in Texas and
Florida, through primary and multi-specialty clinics, and
contracted medical management services. We've joined Optum, part of
the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, and our mission is to
help the sick become well and to help patients understand and
control their health in a lifelong effort at wellness. Our
providers and staff are selected for their dedication and focus on
preventative, proactive care. For you, that means one incredible
team and a singular opportunity to do -your life's best
work.(sm)**PLEASE NOTE** -The sign on bonus is only available to
external candidates. -Candidates who are currently working for a
UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealthcare or a related entity in a full
time, part time, or per diem basis ("Internal Candidates") are not
eligible to receive a sign on bonus.Diversity creates a healthier
atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment
Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard
to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected
veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender
identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any
other characteristic protected by law.UnitedHealth Group is a
drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test
before beginning employment.
Keywords: UnitedHealth Group, Corpus Christi , Home Health Licensed Vocational Nurse, Healthcare , Corpus Christi, Texas
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