EXPERIENCED LPN - OP NEUROLOGY

St.-Bernards-Healthcare; Jonesboro (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

St.-Bernards-Healthcare seeks a licensed practical nurse for Home Health, providing skilled care under RN supervision. The role emphasizes geriatric patient care and involves routine nursing tasks within a hospital-style environment.

Candidates should have hospital experience and solid assessment skills to address age-specific needs. The position requires 18+ years and is safety-sensitive, with exposure to variable temperatures and environmental conditions.

Qualifications

• Two years nursing experience, with at least one year in a hospital medical-surgical setting.
• Ability to care for geriatric patients and communicate effectively with patients and families.
• Ability to assess patient data and identify age-specific needs across the life span.

Responsibilities

• Performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.
• Dressing changes.
• Urinary catheter insertions.
• Venipunctures for laboratory specimens.
• Injections by IM or SQ, as permitted by policy.
• IV antibiotic therapy and IV hydration.
• De-access central lines and central line maintenance.
• PEG and NG tube management as required.

Skills

Geriatric care

Communication skills

Education

Graduate of a School of Practical Nursing

Completion of LPNII course

Job description

Minimum Age Requirement: 18 years of age or older

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Education Required

Graduate of a School of Practical Nursing. Completion of LPNII course.

Experience

Two (2) years nursing experience.One (1) year experience must be a hospital setting in a medical-surgical environment. Knowledge and Abilities: Demonstrated knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to and communicate with primarily the geriatric population, and to a lesser degree the pediatric and adult populations. Demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span. Able to assess data reflecting the patients’ status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs.

Physical

This is a safety sensitive position. Please see the St. Bernards Substance Abuse Policy for further information.

Involves being inside and outside. Exposure to temperatures 32 degrees and less and 100 degrees or more, fumes, dust, and noise. Hearing within normal range. Frequent sitting, stooping, standing, walking, bending, pushing/pulling up to 250 pounds, carrying up to 35 pounds, and lifting up to 100 pounds.

JOB SUMMARY

Performs selected nursing care under the direction of a registered nurse.

According to state law and the standards of this agency, the Home Health LPN is limited in the following area. LPNs can make visits requiring routine skilled care, such as:

• Dressing changes
• Urinary catheter insertions
• Venipunctures for laboratory specimens
• Injections by IM or SQ, as permitted by policy
• Other routine nursing tasks
• IV antibiotic therapy
• De-access central lines
• IV hydration
• Central line maintenance/flushing & site care
• PEG
• NG tubes

LPNs may not:

• Unilateral changes in the Plan of Care- call M.D.; write orders; change care plan
• Resume visit
• High risk IV therapy (Dobumine, TPN, Chemotherapy)
• Access Porta cath
• Patient Care Technician supervisory visits (every 100 hours)
• Other duties identified by supervisory staff