Nurse / LVN/LPN Job in Austin, Texas
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I believe that better care begins at home. Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence thats what our patients have come to expect from our clinicians. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nations leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services. Kindred at Home, and its affiliates, including Gentiva, delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families. Girling Community Care is offering an opportunity for Licensed Vocational Nurses to perform home based assessments with the aged and disabled population. Extremely flexible, 7 days a week, Fee-For-Service schedule. Great pay rate with generous mileage reimbursement. As a Licensed Vocational Nurse you will:Assess client's health and safety, functional abilities, environmental and social factors.Make appropriate recommendations and referrals. Qualifications:Current LVN license required.Minimum 2 years nursing experience.Must be well organized. Detail oriented. Reliable.Possess effective written and verbal communication skills.Dependable transportation is essential.Must be able to work independently.Bilingual a plus. With Gentiva's recent acquisitions of Odyssey Hospice, Harden Healthcare, Girling Home Health, we offer home health, hospice, therapy, rehabilitation and community care services in many of our locations throughout the country. Gentiva has over 40 years of experience in healthcare. With over 550 locations in 40 states, our clinicians care for 110,000 patients every single day. This affords us the opportunity to create best practices and develop them into industry-leading protocols and specialties.