Private Duty LPN- Hopkinsville - Staffco INC

This job provides skilled nursing care to patients in their homes using acquired skills to identify health-related problems, adopt appropriate interve...

Education and/or Experience: Valid Kentucky nursing license (LPN or RN), current CPR certification or willingness to obtain, current TB skin test or willingness to obtain, competency in general nursing skills, techniques, and practice. Private duty experience helpful, but not required. 

Language Ability: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, legal documents, and medical orders. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from patients. 

Mathematical Skills: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as proportions, percentages, area, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. 

Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. 

Environmental Demands: Ability to adapt and perform job duties in demanding environments (i.e. temperature changes, cigarette exposure, pet exposure, and various other household chemicals). 

Physical Demands: Ability to regularly stand, walk, use hands to handle/feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, hear, smell, manipulate up to 50 pounds, lift up to 30 pounds, and ability to walk independently up and down a normal flight of stairs. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.