Inpatient Float LPN - Flexible Shifts & Patient Care

WVU Medicine; United States; On-site; USD 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

PVU Potomac Valley Hospital in West Virginia is seeking an LPN to provide direct inpatient nursing care and support to the physician. The role requires a current LPN license, BLS certification within 30 days, and readiness for a background check.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, observations, data collection, and participating in care planning. The position demands strong communication, teamwork, and the ability to work across shifts and busy units, with a 40-hour work week and

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.
• 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.
• Obtains instruction and supervision as necessary from the overseeing role when implementing nursing technique or practices.
• Completion of annual required education related to specialty accreditation as defined by accreditation standards.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Computer literacy

Education

LPN license (state or eNLC)

BLS certification

Tools

Electronic health records (EHR)

Job description

PVU Potomac Valley Hospital in West Virginia is seeking an LPN to provide direct inpatient nursing care and support to the physician. The role requires a current LPN license, BLS certification within 30 days, and readiness for a background check.

Responsibilities include direct patient care, observations, data collection, and participating in care planning. The position demands strong communication, teamwork, and the ability to work across shifts and busy units, with a 40-hour work week and