Administer highly skilled private duty nursing care to pediatric patients in their homes and coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team. Ensure continuity of care and effective communication with patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be a graduate of an accredited school of vocational nursing with a current Texas license as an RN or LVN. One year of experience in a clinical pediatric setting is strongly preferred, along with home health experience.
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Job description
Are you a standout pediatric home health nurse looking for a fresh opportunity or seeking to advance your career? We're hiring full-time salaried nurses to join our elite team, partnering with families of medically complex children as they transition from hospital to home.
Why Join Us?
Compensation Up to $100K+ • RN Base Salary
$75,000 + time and a half for overtime
LVN
Base
Salary: $62,400 + time and a half for overtime
Benefits
Gas card for ALL driving+ $150 monthly vehicle allowance
Quarterly Bonus: Earn an extra $250 every three months!
Footwear Perk: After 90 days, enjoy a new pair of HOKA tennis shoes!
Full benefits, 401k match up to 6%, PTO 80-160 hours & more!
Nurse Recognition
We celebrate our nurses with monthly awards and holiday gifts—always in the form of Amazon gift cards, because we know you appreciate flexibility! 🎁
Scrubs Provided
Receive 2 sets of FIGS scrubs upon onboarding.
Summary/Objective Primary function is to administer highly skilled private duty nursing care to pediatric patients/clients, in their places of residence; coordinate care with the interdisciplinary team, patient/client, their family and referring agency. This role requires a seasoned nurse, with pediatric home health experience, willing to travel and confident in their skills to initiate care in the patient’s home under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Essential Functions
Under the direction of the RN, assists in identifying the patient’s/client’s physical, psychosocial, and environmental needs as evidenced by documentation.
Participates in planning and implementing care in conjunction with the RN, in accordance with the POC.
Provides care using infection control measures that protect both staff and patient/client.
Assures the continuity of care through delivery of quality patient/client care.
Provides effective communication to the patient/client, their family, team members, and other health care professionals as evidenced by clinical notes, case conferences, communication notes, and evaluations. Completes appropriate documentation in a timely manner.
Benefits
Full Benefits
Quarterly Bonus
Monthly Vehicle Allowance
401k Match Up To 6%
Gas Card For All Driving
Footwear Perk
PTO 80-160 Hours
Monitors assigned cases to ensure compliance with requirements of payor.
Demonstrates commitment, professional growth, and competency.
Promotes the Agency philosophy and administrative policies to ensure quality of care. Preferred/Required Education and Experience
Graduate of an accredited school of vocational nursing
Current Texas license as a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse and/or a multi-state license issued by a state member of the National Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC)
Current driver’s license
One year experience as a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse in a clinical care pediatric setting strongly preferred.
Home health experience preferred.
Pay: Escalated hourly rate
Gas card provided
Supervisory Responsibility: No
Work Environment
Works in multiple patients’/clients’ homes in various conditions; possible exposure to blood, bodily fluids and infectious diseases; must have ability to work a flexible schedule and to travel locally; some exposure to unpleasant weather
Physical/Mental Demands
Prolonged standing and walking required, with ability to lift up to 50lbs and move patients/clients.
Requires working under some stressful conditions to meet deadlines and patient/client needs, and to make quick decisions and resource acquisition; meet patient/client and family individualized psychosocial needs.
Requires hand-eye coordination and manual dexterity.
Requires ability to adapt quickly to newly established patients onboarding to the agency including new families to homecare or from hospital to home or changing agencies.
Requires ability to work within dynamic team of transitioning care to established private duty nursing team.
Requires ability to teach and train caregivers and other nurses on team.
Requires excellent communication to supervisor, team members, parent, and physicians.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
Hours/Shifts may vary based on client/patient needs/authorized hours.
Must be flexible to fill shifts needed to start client.
Travel
Required and must be significantly flexible increased staffing area/radius or assigned territory. Must be flexible regarding staffing location.
Organizational Requirements 1.
Experience recognizing the needs and concerns of individuals.
2.
Effectively communicate orally and in writing.
3.
Ability to follow verbal and written instruction in English.
4.
Professional telephone & email etiquette.
5.
Able to work in fast-paced, self-directed environment.
6.
Detail oriented with excellent time management skills.
7.
Decision-making, problem resolution and creative thinking skills.
8.
Responds well to multitasking while providing exceptional customer service, support, and responsiveness.
9.
Should be honest, competitive, energetic, enthusiastic, professional, and systematic.
10.
Ability to demonstrate and educate to patient family members on all equipment necessary.
11. Highly skilled care including but not limited to ventilator management/trouble shooting, tracheostomy care/management, enteral/gastrostomy care management.
12. Willingness and ability to travel to newly onboarding patients.
13. Professional demeanor and practice working with changing team members.
14. Flexibility to provide staffing in variety of patient homes.
