Ohio Living·Columbus, Ohio
The LPN Field Staff is responsible for planning and delivering quality home health and hospice care to patients in their homes and facilities. This includes performing ongoing assessments, implementing comprehensive care plans, and ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations.
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The LPN Field Staff is responsible for the planning, coordination and delivery of quality home health and hospice care and services, ensuring compliance in accordance with company standards and federal, state, and local standards, guidelines, and regulations.
Essential Activities and Tasks
Care Management and Service Delivery - 90%
Provides ongoing assessment and nursing care to patient in homes and health care facilities. Ensures an accurate evaluation of patient needs, develops and implements a comprehensive care plan that addresses current needs. For home health, identifies when patients need or qualify for additional services and notifies appropriate team member or team leader.
Follows current nursing professional standards of practice and agency approved protocols for home health and hospice.
Provides quality plan and symptom management for the comfort of patients.
Communicates with other health care providers about changes in condition and patient needs.
Assesses patient and caregiver needs and provides education when necessary.
Commitment to high quality customer service for internal and external customers.
Oversees the implementation of the patient’s plan of care. Evaluates the effectiveness of the plan on an ongoing basis.
Prepares for IDG by reviewing Care Plan, reconciling medications and projecting patient/family needs, if applicable.
Quality and Compliance Management - 10%
Audits and maintains current and accurate patient records through use of laptop computers and paper/chart documentation in accordance with policies, federal, state, and local guidelines.
Participates in quality improvement projects as needed.
Maintains knowledge of requirements of regulatory agencies, accrediting bodies, and third party payers.
All other duties as assigned.
Candidates must hold a current unencumbered LPN license for the state of Ohio and have at least one year of acute care experience. A valid driver's license, acceptable driving record, and proficiency with Windows and Microsoft Office are also required.
Market context
In Ohio, nursing roles like LPN positions are typically supported by steady demand across clinics, long-term care, and other care settings. Competition often centers on active state licensure, relevant bedside experience, and readiness to work within team-based care environments. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save time, then confirm your LPN credential and tailor your application to the settings where you have the strongest experience.