Compassionate LPN: Resident Care & Team Support

DuPage County; Wheaton (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Life insurance

Pension

Tuition reimbursement

Pre-paid legal

Credit union

Holiday pay

Vacation time

Sick time

Personal days

Limited benefits for part-time

Job summary

DuPage County seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for the Kenneth Moy Care Center. The role involves performing general nursing tasks under supervision of Head Nurse or Nursing Supervisor to support residents’ health needs.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the county covers full-time benefits and assigns the position to the AFSCME Council 31 (Care Center) Bargaining Unit. A post offer physical and pre-employment background check are required.

Qualifications

• Illinois license to practice as an LPN.
• Completion of a Practical Nursing program.
• Pharmaceutical course from an accredited college with transcript copy.

Responsibilities

• Responding to residents’ calls and rendering service.
• Preparing and administering gastric tube feeding.
• Preparing, applying and changing dressings (simple and complicated).
• Irrigating catheters; taking temperatures, pulses and blood pressures.
• Helping to prepare residents for special treatments and examinations.
• Providing clinical support during activities with monitoring of residents on altered diets.
• Assisting with preparation and implementation of house activities and community outings.
• Preparing daily and monthly charting of residents’ conditions and medications given.
• Assisting in cleaning and sterilizing equipment.
• Observing residents under oxygen and regulating oxygen as needed.
• Assisting with weekly drug and supply orders; keeping medicine cabinet orderly.
• Accompanying visiting doctors on rounds and writing up doctors’ orders.
• Keeping progress report book complete and up-to-date.
• Supervising Nurses’ Aides in routine tasks.

Job description

DuPage County seeks a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for the Kenneth Moy Care Center. The role involves performing general nursing tasks under supervision of Head Nurse or Nursing Supervisor to support residents’ health needs.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the county covers full-time benefits and assigns the position to the AFSCME Council 31 (Care Center) Bargaining Unit. A post offer physical and pre-employment background check are required.