Dynamic LPN: Elevate Patient Care & Outcomes

Wheeling Hospital, Inc.; Wheeling (WV); On-site; USD 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Wheeling Hospital, Inc. in Wheeling, WV is seeking a licensed practical nurse to join our patient care team. The role focuses on delivering direct patient care in line with the plan of care and collaborating with RNs and other clinicians to promote comfort and recovery.

This position requires an active LPN license, BLS within 30 days, and adherence to safety and regulatory standards. You will participate in education, documentation, and support across shifts in a busy hospital environment.

Qualifications

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse license issued by the state in which services will be provided or current multi-state Licensed Practical Nurse license through the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact (eNLC).
• Obtain certification in Basic Life Support within 30 days of hire date.
• State criminal background check and Federal (if applicable), as required for regulated areas.

Responsibilities

• Provides direct patient care, as outlined in the patient’s plan of care and/or as directed by the overseeing role, to promote comfort and/or return to functional health for the patient.
• Consults with the Registered Nurse or Respiratory Therapist to seek guidance in delivery of nursing care, as necessary.
• Performs designated therapeutic procedures to assigned patients as needed.
• Accurately observes, records and reports to the overseeing role, all patient concerns, symptoms, reactions and progress in a timely manner.
• Assists physicians and the overseeing role with examinations and procedures, as assigned.
• Contributes to the nursing assessment by collecting, reporting and recording objective and subjective data.
• Observes the condition or change in condition of the patient, records signs and symptoms of deviation from normal health status and reports findings to the overseeing role.
• Participates in the development of the patient’s plan of care by providing data, contributing to the identification of priorities and assisting in the identification of measures to maintain comfort and support human functions and responses.
• Assists in assigned patient and family education and rehabilitation by reviewing patient needs with the overseeing role and following the teaching plan.
• Documents nursing interventions and responses to care, communicating to appropriate members of the health care team.
• Accurately and safely administers intramuscular, subcutaneous, IV, oral, nebulization and/or MDI delivered medications as assigned.

Skills

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Teamwork

Tools

Healthcare IT systems

Job description

Wheeling Hospital, Inc. in Wheeling, WV is seeking a licensed practical nurse to join our patient care team. The role focuses on delivering direct patient care in line with the plan of care and collaborating with RNs and other clinicians to promote comfort and recovery.

This position requires an active LPN license, BLS within 30 days, and adherence to safety and regulatory standards. You will participate in education, documentation, and support across shifts in a busy hospital environment.